''Anomalon'' is a large genus of

parasitoid wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causin ...

s belonging to the family

Ichneumonidae The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family (biology), family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 2 ...

. This may be the only genus in the tribe Anomalonini, although ''Neogreeneia'' Viereck, 1912 is sometimes considered a valid genus of the tribe. These wasps are present worldwide, but most diverse in tropical regions. Twenty species are recorded from Costa Rica. In the

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and the

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, they are well represented in dry habitats, but in

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are most common in very wet rain forests. Recorded hosts include

tenebrionid Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin ge ...

or elaterid beetle

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e and

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and tortricid moth larvae.

Description

"The species of ''Anomalon'' can easily be recognized from other

Anomaloninae Anomaloninae is a subfamily of parasitoid wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. Several species provide beneficial services to humans by attacking forest or orchard pests. Description and distribution Species of Anomaloninae are slender, range i ...

by the combination of the following morphological features: * notaulus indistinct, represented by a rugose area; * fore wing with ''r-m'' joining 2/''M'' distal to 2''m-cu''; * hind wing with distal abscissa of 2/''Cu'' entirely absent; * epipleurum of third metasomal tergite separated by a crease just below the spiracle; * mid tibia with a single apical spur."

Selected species

Species within this genus include:Biolib
/ref> * '' Anomalon arcuatum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon arizonicum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon canadense'' (Cresson, 1879) * '' Anomalon constrictum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon coreanum'' (Uchida, 1928) * '' Anomalon cruentatum'' (Geoffroy, 1785) * '' Anomalon curvatum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon ejuncidum'' Say, 1836 * '' Anomalon exrufum'' Walkley, 1958 * '' Anomalon floridanum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon fuscipenne'' (Tosquinet, 1900) * '' Anomalon glabrumm'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon japonicum'' (Uchida, 1928) * '' Anomalon kozlovi'' (Kokujev, 1915) * '' Anomalon kurumensis'' Kusigemati, 1983 * '' Anomalon kusigematii'' Momoi, 1968 * '' Anomalon laterale'' Brulle, 1846 * '' Anomalon montanum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon nigribase'' Cushman, 1937 * '' Anomalon nigritum'' Norton, 1863 * '' Anomalon ocellatum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon picticornis'' (Viereck, 1912) * '' Anomalon reticulatum'' Cresson, 1865 * '' Anomalon victorovi'' Momoi, 1968 * '' Anomalon vivum'' Cresson, 1879 * '' Anomalon yoshiyasui'' Kusigemati, 1985

References

Ichneumonidae genera {{Ichneumonidae-stub