Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Ichneumonoidea Subfamily Diplazontinae Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenopterans | Class Insecta Family Ichneumonidae Scientific name Syrphoctonus Rank Genus | |
Similar Diplazontinae, Hoplismenus, Hymenopterans | ||
Syrphoctonus tarsatorius lumek a mravenec
Syrphoctonus is a genus of Ichneumonid wasps with many species around the world, of which more than 30 occur in Europe.
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Members of this genus are parasitoids on hoverflies.
Name
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek Syrpho- "gnat" and -ctonus "killer", referring to the host of the genus.
References
Syrphoctonus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA