Aptesis


Aptesis is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The genus was first described by Arnold Förster in 1850 and has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

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About 74 species are described:Aptesis acuminata Aptesis albibasalis Aptesis albidipes Aptesis albifrons Townes, 1962Aptesis alpestris Townes, 1962Aptesis alpicola Aptesis alpineti Aptesis anaulus Townes, 1962Aptesis assimilis Aptesis atrox Townes, 1962Aptesis breviaria Townes, 1962Aptesis catulus Townes, 1962Aptesis chosensis Aptesis concolor Ruthe, 1859Aptesis contigua Aptesis corniculata Sheng, 2003Aptesis cretata Aptesis elongata Li & Sheng, 2013Aptesis erratica Aptesis exannulata Aptesis exquisita Aptesis fastigata Townes, 1962Aptesis femoralis Aptesis flagitator Aptesis flavifaciator Aubert, 1968Aptesis flavitrochanterus Watanabe & Taniwaki, 2018Aptesis fuscitibia Townes, 1962Aptesis gracilis Townes, 1962Aptesis grandis Sheng, 1998Aptesis gravipes Aptesis habermehli Sawoniewicz, 2003Aptesis hannibal Aptesis hypocrita Aptesis improba Aptesis incompta Townes, 1962Aptesis inculta Townes, 1962Aptesis jejunator Aptesis latiannulata Aptesis leucotarsus Aptesis lissopleuris Townes, 1962Aptesis melana Li & Sheng, 2013Aptesis messor Jonaitis, 1981Aptesis minutor Aubert, 1968Aptesis nigricollis Aptesis nigricoxa Li & Sheng, 2013Aptesis nigritula Aptesis nigrocincta Aptesis nordlandiae Aptesis ochrostoma Aptesis opaca Aptesis opposita Aptesis orbitalis Aptesis pallidinervis Aptesis pectoralis Aptesis perversa Aptesis plana Aptesis polita Bauer, 1985Aptesis pugnax Aptesis pulchripes Aptesis punjabensis Aptesis rufifemur Aptesis rufigastra Aptesis scabra Townes, 1962Aptesis scotica Aptesis scutellator Aubert, 1968Aptesis segnis Aptesis senicula Aptesis silvatica Aptesis subguttata Aptesis subnigrocinctus Jonaitis, 1981Aptesis terminata Aptesis varia Aptesis verrucata Townes, 1962Aptesis yosemite Townes, 1962