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Trogus (wasp)
''Trogus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasp found in the Holarctic and Neotropic regions. It is placed in the subfamily Ichneumoninae and the tribe Ichneumonini. ''Trogus'' species are parasites of larvae and pupae of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The genus consists of twelve extant and one extinct species. Etymology The generic name (biology), generic name ''Trogus'' comes from the ancient Greek word (''trṓgō'') meaning "to gnaw" or "to nibble". Taxonomy and phylogeny German entomologist Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer created the genus ''Trogus'' in 1806. He included one species in his circumscription: ''Trogus coeruleator'', first named in 1804 by Johan Christian Fabricius as ''Ichneumon coeruleator''. In 1829, Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst included eight species in his taxonomy of ''Trogus''. Some subsequent researchers, for instance Arnold Förster and William Harris Ashmead, have referred to a ''Trogus'' whose authority is Gravenhorst, but Panzer's sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (31 May 1755 – 28 June 1829) was a German botanist and entomologist. He was born at Etzelwang in the Upper Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg. He was the son of (the elder, 1729-1805), one of the most distinguished and productive of German bibliographers, whose ''Annales Typographici'' were published between 1793 and 1803.G.W. Panzer, ''Annales Typographici ab Artis Inventae Origine usque ad annum MDXXXVI'', 11 Vols (Impensis Joannis Eberhardi Zeh, Bibliopolae, Norimbergae 1793-1803). A physician, he practised at Hersbruck. A celebrated botanist, he had a very species-rich herbarium. He also assembled a very important insect collection which was the basis of a vast work ''Faunae insectorum germanicae initia'' (Elements of the insect fauna of Germany), published at Nuremberg between 1796 and 1813. Illustrated by Jacob Sturm Jacob Sturm (21 March 1771 – 28 November 1848) was a leading engraver of entomological and botanical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
