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Orthopelma
Orthopelma is a Holarctic genus of parasitics wasp. It is the only genus within the Ichneumonidae subfamily Orthopelmatinae. They are idiobiont endoparasitoids of cynipid galls on Rosaceae. Mostly Orthopelma are associated with Diplolepis on Rosa, but have recorded from Diastrophus on Rubus in the Nearctic.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Orthopelma mediator
speciesOrthopelma mediator
Orthopelma occidentale
speciesOrthopelma occidentale
Orthopelma califomicum
speciesOrthopelma califomicum
Orthopelma erythropa
speciesOrthopelma erythropa
Orthopelma japonicum
speciesOrthopelma japonicum
Orthopelma simile
speciesOrthopelma simile
Orthopelma aobing
speciesOrthopelma aobing
Orthopelma caucasicum
speciesOrthopelma caucasicum
Orthopelma chinensis
speciesOrthopelma chinensis
Orthopelma dodecameron
speciesOrthopelma dodecameron
Orthopelma mukriyana
speciesOrthopelma mukriyana
Orthopelma ovale
speciesOrthopelma ovale
Orthopelma superbum
speciesOrthopelma superbum
Orthopelma brevicorne
speciesOrthopelma brevicorne
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 519772.