''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid
wasps
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. T ...
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 ...
.
It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily
Campopleginae
Campopleginae is a large subfamily of the parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae with a world-wide distribution. Species in this subfamily have been used in the biological control of the alfalfa weevil, clover weevil, various species of ''Heliothis ...
with 442 known species.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Description
''Dusona'' is an easily recognized genus among other Campopleginae due to a number of clear diagnostic characteristics which include: elongated, oval or slit-shaped propodeal spiracles; a very strongly compressed metasoma; closed areolets and petiolar sutures that are often obliterated or positioned very low anteriorly. Additionally are many species able to reach unusually large body sizes, some exceeding 20 mm (see ''
Dusona falcator''). The thorax and head of most species are uniformly black, with the abdomen varying between black, red, brown, orange and yellow, with the fist
tergit and the outer most tergites most usually black.
Ecology
All species of ''Dusona'' are
parasitoids
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasi ...
, with the main hosts being the larvae of
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
ns. The host is usually killed as a prepupa, in a few cases as a pupa.
Only one species, ''
Dusona minor'', has been reported as a parasitoid of larva outside of Lepidoptera, parasitoidizing the
sawfly
Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay ...
''
Monoctenus juniperi''.
Species
* ''
Dusona abdominator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona admontina''
(Speiser, 1908)
* ''
Dusona adriaansei''
(Teunissen, 1947)
* ''
Dusona aemula''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona aequorea''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona affinis
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Brischke, 1880)
* ''
Dusona affinitor''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona ahlaensis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona alius''
(Norton, 1863)
* ''
Dusona alpigena
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
Hinz, 1972
* ''
Dusona alpina
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Strobl, 1904)
* ''
Dusona alpinator
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona alticola
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
* ''
Dusona alveolata
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona americana
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Ashmead, 1890)
* ''
Dusona amurator
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona anceps
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Holmgren, 1860)
* ''
Dusona angustata
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Thomson, 1887)
* ''
Dusona angustifrons
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona annexa
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona anomala''
(Seyrig, 1935)
* ''
Dusona aquilonaria''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona argentea''
(Norton, 1863)
* ''
Dusona argentopilosa''
(Enderlein, 1921)
* ''
Dusona artonae''
(Narendran, 2000)
* ''
Dusona aspera''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona assita''
(Norton, 1863)
* ''
Dusona associata''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona atriceps''
(Cresson, 1865)
* ''
Dusona atricolor''
(Szepligeti, 1908)
* ''
Dusona atrotibialis''
Horstmann, 2006
* ''
Dusona augasma''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona auriculator''
Aubert, 1964
* ''
Dusona aurifer''
(Cresson, 1874)
* ''
Dusona aurita''
(Kriechbaumer, 1883)
* ''
Dusona australis''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona aversa''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona baueri''
Hinz, 1973
* ''
Dusona bellator''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona bellipes''
(Holmgren, 1872)
* ''
Dusona bellula''
(Dalla Torre, 1901)
* ''
Dusona belokobyli''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona bharata''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona bicolor''
(Brischke, 1880)
* ''
Dusona bicoloripes''
(Ashmead, 1906)
* ''
Dusona brachiator''
(Say, 1835)
* ''
Dusona brevicornis''
(Brischke, 1880)
* ''
Dusona brevisocrea''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona brischkei''
(Dalla Torre, 1901)
* ''
Dusona brullei''
(Dalla Torre, 1901)
* ''
Dusona bucculenta''
(Holmgren, 1860)
* ''
Dusona bucculentoides''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona buddha''
(Cameron, 1897)
* ''
Dusona burmensis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona calceata''
(Brauns, 1895)
* ''
Dusona cameronii''
(Dalla Torre, 1901)
* ''
Dusona canadensis''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona capitator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona carinata''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona carinator''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona carinifer''
(Teunissen, 1947)
* ''
Dusona carinifrons''
(Holmgren, 1860)
* ''
Dusona cariniscutis''
(Cameron, 1903)
* ''
Dusona carlsoni''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona carpathica''
(Szepligeti, 1916)
* ''
Dusona carpinellae''
(Schrank, 1802)
* ''
Dusona castanipes''
(Thomson, 1887)
* ''
Dusona caudator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona celator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona ceylonica''
(Cameron, 1897)
* ''
Dusona chabarowski''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona chechziri''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona chikaldaensis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona chinensis''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona circumcinctus''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona circumspectans''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona citeria''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona collaris''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona confluens''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona conformis''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona confusa''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona confusator''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona consobrina''
(Holmgren, 1872)
* ''
Dusona constantineanui''
Hinz, 1977
* ''
Dusona contumator''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona contumax
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona coriacea''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona cornellus''
(Teunissen, 1947)
* ''
Dusona crassicornis''
(Provancher, 1886)
* ''
Dusona crassipes''
(Thomson, 1887)
* ''
Dusona crassiventris''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona cressonii''
(Dalla Torre, 1901)
* ''
Dusona cultrator''
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
* ''
Dusona cytaeis''
(Cameron, 1903)
* ''
Dusona debilis''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona deceptor''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona definis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona deodarae''
(Cushman, 1927)
* ''
Dusona destructor''
Wahl, 1991
* ''
Dusona detritor''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona dictor''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona dimidiata''
(Brulle, 1846)
* ''
Dusona dimidiata''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona dineshi''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona disclusa''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona diversa''
(Norton, 1863)
* ''
Dusona diversella''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona diversicolor''
(Viereck, 1925)
* ''
Dusona doonensis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona dositheae''
(Audouin, 1834)
* ''
Dusona downesi''
(Viereck, 1925)
* ''
Dusona dubitor''
Hinz, 1977
* ''
Dusona egregia''
(Viereck, 1916)
* ''
Dusona einbecki''
Hinz, 1977
* ''
Dusona ektypha''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona elegans
''Dusona elegans'' is a species of parasitic wasps in the tribe Limneriini. It is found in Tanzania. The holotype is in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the Nati ...
''
(Szepligeti, 1908)
* ''
Dusona ellopiae''
(Walley, 1929)
* ''
Dusona elongata''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona epomiata''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona erythra''
(Uchida, 1932)
* ''
Dusona erythrogaster''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona erythrospila''
(Cameron, 1906)
* ''
Dusona experta''
(Cresson, 1872)
* ''
Dusona exsculpta''
(Brischke, 1880)
* ''
Dusona extranea''
(Turner, 1919)
* ''
Dusona falcator''
(Fabricius, 1775)
* ''
Dusona fatigator''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona femoralis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona ferruginea''
Walkley, 1963
* ''
Dusona fervida''
(Tosquinet, 1903)
* ''
Dusona filator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona filicornis
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Holmgren, 1872)
* ''
Dusona flagellator''
(Fabricius, 1793)
* ''
Dusona flavescens''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona flavipennis''
(Cresson, 1874)
* ''
Dusona flavitarsis''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona flavopicta''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona flinti
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona fossata''
(Viereck, 1926)
* ''
Dusona fractocristata''
(Enderlein, 1921)
* ''
Dusona fuliginosa''
(Szepligeti, 1908)
* ''
Dusona fulvicornis''
(Cameron, 1906)
* ''
Dusona fundator''
(Hinz, 1990)
* ''
Dusona fuscitarsis''
(Viereck, 1926)
* ''
Dusona ganeshi''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona garhwalensis''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona gastator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona gastroides''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona geminata''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona genalis''
(Thomson, 1887)
* ''
Dusona genator''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona gephyra''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona gibbosa''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona glabra''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona glauca''
(Norton, 1863)
* ''
Dusona gnara''
(Cresson, 1874)
* ''
Dusona gracilis''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona grahami''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona graptor''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona guatemalensis''
(Cameron, 1886)
* ''
Dusona habermehli''
(Kriechbaumer, 1898)
* ''
Dusona heptahamuli''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona himachalensis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona himalayensis''
(Cameron, 1899)
* ''
Dusona holmgrenii''
(Dalla Torre, 1901)
* ''
Dusona horrida''
(Hancock, 1926)
* ''
Dusona humilis''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona impressifrons''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona inclivata''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona incompleta''
(Bridgman, 1889)
* ''
Dusona inconspicua''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona indistinctor''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona inermis''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona infelix''
(Dalla Torre, 1901)
* ''
Dusona infesta''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona infundibulum''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona insignita''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona insolita''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona intelligator''
Aubert, 1966
* ''
Dusona interstitialis
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description
''Dusona'' is an easil ...
''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona iwatae''
Hinz, 1994
* ''
Dusona japonica''
(Cameron, 1906)
* ''
Dusona johnsoni''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona juvenilis''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona juventas''
(Morley, 1916)
* ''
Dusona juxta''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona kalatopensis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona kamathi''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona kamrupa''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona karkil''
(Cheesman, 1936)
* ''
Dusona kasparyani''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona kerrichi''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona korta''
(Cheesman, 1953)
* ''
Dusona kriechbaumeri''
(Costa, 1884)
* ''
Dusona lacivia''
(Cresson, 1874)
* ''
Dusona lajae''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona lamellator''
Aubert, 1960
* ''
Dusona lamellifer''
Hinz, 1994
* ''
Dusona laminata''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona laticincta''
(Cresson, 1865)
* ''
Dusona lautareti''
(Hinz, 1990)
* ''
Dusona lecta''
(Cresson, 1874)
* ''
Dusona lenticulata''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona leptogaster''
(Holmgren, 1860)
* ''
Dusona levibasis''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona libauensis''
(Strand, 1918)
* ''
Dusona liberator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona libertatis''
(Teunissen, 1947)
* ''
Dusona linearis''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona lineola''
(Schrottky, 1902)
* ''
Dusona lividariae''
Hinz, 1963
* ''
Dusona lobata''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona longiabdominalis''
(Uchida, 1932)
* ''
Dusona longicauda''
(Uchida, 1928)
* ''
Dusona longifemorata''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona longigena''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona longigenata''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona longiseta''
Hinz, 1961
* ''
Dusona longistilus''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona longiterebra''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona luctuosa''
(Provancher, 1875)
* ''
Dusona luteipes''
(Thomson, 1887)
* ''
Dusona macrofovea''
Iwata, 1960
* ''
Dusona mactatoides''
Hinz, 1994
* ''
Dusona mactator''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona magnifica''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona major''
(Cresson, 1879)
* ''
Dusona malaisei''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona marmorata''
(Szepligeti, 1908)
* ''
Dusona maruyamae''
Hinz, 1994
* ''
Dusona maruyamator''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona matsumurae''
(Uchida, 1928)
* ''
Dusona mediator''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona melanator''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona memorator''
Hinz, 1994
* ''
Dusona mercator''
(Fabricius, 1793)
* ''
Dusona meridionator''
Aubert, 1960
* ''
Dusona meritor''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona mexicana''
(Cameron, 1886)
* ''
Dusona micrator''
Hinz, 1979
* ''
Dusona mikroschemos''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona minor''
(Provancher, 1879)
* ''
Dusona minuta''
(Holmgren, 1856)
* ''
Dusona minutor''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona miranda''
(Szepligeti, 1908)
* ''
Dusona mixta''
(Pollich, 1781)
* ''
Dusona momoii''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona montana''
(Roman, 1929)
* ''
Dusona montrealensis''
(Viereck, 1926)
* ''
Dusona murarii''
(Gupta, 1987)
* ''
Dusona myrtilla''
(Desvignes, 1856)
* ''
Dusona nagatomii''
(Kusigemati, 1990)
* ''
Dusona nanus''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona nebulosa''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona negata''
(Turner, 1919)
* ''
Dusona nervellator''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona nidulator''
(Fabricius, 1804)
* ''
Dusona nigriapiculata''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona nigridens''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona nigridorsum''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona nigrina''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona nigritegula''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona nigritibialis''
(Viereck, 1926)
* ''
Dusona nigritibialis''
(Gupta & Gupta, 1976)
* ''
Dusona nitidipleuris''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona norikurae''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona notabilis''
(Forster, 1868)
* ''
Dusona novitia''
(Morley, 1913)
* ''
Dusona nubilator''
Hinz, 1994
* ''
Dusona nursei''
(Cameron, 1907)
* ''
Dusona obesa''
(Davis, 1898)
* ''
Dusona obliterata''
(Holmgren, 1872)
* ''
Dusona obscurator''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona obscuripes''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona obtutor''
Hinz, 1994
* ''
Dusona occidentalis''
(Davis, 1898)
* ''
Dusona occipita''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona ocellata''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona okadai''
(Uchida, 1942)
* ''
Dusona opaca''
(Thomson, 1887)
* ''
Dusona opacoides''
Hinz, 1985
* ''
Dusona opima''
(Cresson, 1874)
* ''
Dusona orientalis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona pahalgamensis''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona pallescens''
(Walley, 1940)
* ''
Dusona papator''
Hinz & Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona parallela''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Dusona parva''
Horstmann, 2004
* ''
Dusona parvicavata''
Horstmann, 2004
References
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Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae genera