Dusona
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 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 many species reach unusually large body sizes, some exceeding 20 mm. 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, with the main hosts being the larvae of Lepidopterans. 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 Monoctenus juniperi.
Species
Dusona abdominator Hinz, 1985Dusona admontina Dusona adriaansei Dusona aemula Dusona aequorea Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona affinis Dusona affinitor Hinz, 1979Dusona ahlaensis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona alius Dusona alpigena Hinz, 1972Dusona alpina Dusona alpinator Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona alticola Dusona alveolata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona americana Dusona amurator Hinz, 1985Dusona anceps Dusona angustata Dusona angustifrons Dusona annexa Dusona anomala Dusona aquilonaria Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona argentea Dusona argentopilosa Dusona artonae Dusona aspera Dusona assita Dusona associata Dusona atriceps Dusona atricolor Dusona atrotibialis Horstmann, 2006Dusona augasma Dusona auriculator Aubert, 1964Dusona aurifer Dusona aurita Dusona australis Dusona aversa Dusona baueri Hinz, 1973Dusona bellator Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona bellipes Dusona bellula Dusona belokobyli Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona bharata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona bicolor Dusona bicoloripes Dusona brachiator Dusona brevicornis Dusona brevisocrea Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona brischkei Dusona brullei Dusona bucculenta Dusona bucculentoides Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona buddha Dusona burmensis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona calceata Dusona cameronii Dusona canadensis Dusona capitator Hinz, 1985Dusona carinata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona carinator Hinz, 1979Dusona carinifer Dusona carinifrons Dusona cariniscutis Dusona carlsoni Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona carpathica Dusona carpinellae Dusona castanipes Dusona caudator Hinz, 1985Dusona celator Hinz, 1985Dusona ceylonica Dusona chabarowski Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona chechziri Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona chikaldaensis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona chinensis Horstmann, 2004Dusona circumcinctus Dusona circumspectans Dusona citeria Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona collaris Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona confluens Dusona conformis Dusona confusa Dusona confusator Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona consobrina Dusona constantineanui Hinz, 1977Dusona contumator Hinz, 1979Dusona contumax Dusona coriacea Horstmann, 2004Dusona cornellus Dusona crassicornis Dusona crassipes Dusona crassiventris Horstmann, 2004Dusona cressonii Dusona cultrator Dusona cytaeis Dusona debilis Dusona deceptor Dusona definis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona deodarae Dusona destructor Wahl, 1991Dusona detritor Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona dictor Hinz, 1979Dusona dimidiata Dusona dimidiata Dusona dineshi Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona disclusa Dusona diversa Dusona diversella Dusona diversicolor Dusona doonensis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona dositheae Dusona downesi Dusona dubitor Hinz, 1977Dusona egregia Dusona einbecki Hinz, 1977Dusona ektypha Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona elegans Dusona ellopiae Dusona elongata Dusona epomiata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona erythra Dusona erythrogaster Dusona erythrospila Dusona experta Dusona exsculpta Dusona extranea Dusona falcator Dusona fatigator Dusona femoralis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona ferruginea Walkley, 1963Dusona fervida Dusona filator Hinz, 1985Dusona filicornis Dusona flagellator Dusona flavescens Dusona flavipennis Dusona flavitarsis Horstmann, 2004Dusona flavopicta Horstmann, 2004Dusona flinti Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona fossata Dusona fractocristata Dusona fuliginosa Dusona fulvicornis Dusona fundator Dusona fuscitarsis Dusona ganeshi Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona garhwalensis Dusona gastator Hinz, 1985Dusona gastroides Horstmann, 2004Dusona geminata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona genalis Dusona genator Hinz, 1979Dusona gephyra Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona gibbosa Dusona glabra Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona glauca Dusona gnara Dusona gracilis Dusona grahami Dusona graptor Hinz, 1985Dusona guatemalensis Dusona habermehli Dusona heptahamuli Dusona himachalensis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona himalayensis Dusona holmgrenii Dusona horrida Dusona humilis Dusona impressifrons Hinz, 1979Dusona inclivata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona incompleta Dusona inconspicua Horstmann, 2004Dusona indistinctor Hinz, 1979Dusona inermis Dusona infelix Dusona infesta Dusona infundibulum Horstmann, 2004Dusona insignita Dusona insolita Dusona intelligator Aubert, 1966Dusona interstitialis Dusona iwatae Hinz, 1994Dusona japonica Dusona johnsoni Dusona juvenilis Dusona juventas Dusona juxta Dusona kalatopensis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona kamathi Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona kamrupa Dusona karkil Dusona kasparyani Hinz, 1985Dusona kerrichi Dusona korta Dusona kriechbaumeri Dusona lacivia Dusona lajae Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona lamellator Aubert, 1960Dusona lamellifer Hinz, 1994Dusona laminata Dusona laticincta Dusona lautareti Dusona lecta Dusona lenticulata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona leptogaster Dusona levibasis Horstmann, 2004Dusona libauensis Dusona liberator Hinz, 1985Dusona libertatis Dusona linearis Horstmann, 2004Dusona lineola Dusona lividariae Hinz, 1963Dusona lobata Dusona longiabdominalis Dusona longicauda Dusona longifemorata Dusona longigena Horstmann, 2004Dusona longigenata Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona longiseta Hinz, 1961Dusona longistilus Horstmann, 2004Dusona longiterebra Dusona luctuosa Dusona luteipes Dusona macrofovea Iwata, 1960Dusona mactatoides Hinz, 1994Dusona mactator Dusona magnifica Dusona major Dusona malaisei Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona marmorata Dusona maruyamae Hinz, 1994Dusona maruyamator Hinz, 1979Dusona matsumurae Dusona mediator Dusona melanator Hinz, 1985Dusona memorator Hinz, 1994Dusona mercator Dusona meridionator Aubert, 1960Dusona meritor Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona mexicana Dusona micrator Hinz, 1979Dusona mikroschemos Dusona minor Dusona minuta Dusona minutor Horstmann, 2004Dusona miranda Dusona mixta Dusona momoii Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona montana Dusona montrealensis Dusona murarii Dusona myrtilla Dusona nagatomii Dusona nanus Horstmann, 2004Dusona nebulosa Horstmann, 2004Dusona negata Dusona nervellator Horstmann, 2004Dusona nidulator Dusona nigriapiculata Dusona nigridens Horstmann, 2004Dusona nigridorsum Horstmann, 2004Dusona nigrina Horstmann, 2004Dusona nigritegula Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona nigritibialis Dusona nigritibialis Dusona nitidipleuris Horstmann, 2004Dusona norikurae Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona notabilis Dusona novitia Dusona nubilator Hinz, 1994Dusona nursei Dusona obesa Dusona obliterata Dusona obscurator Horstmann, 2004Dusona obscuripes Horstmann, 2004Dusona obtutor Hinz, 1994Dusona occidentalis Dusona occipita Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona ocellata Dusona okadai Dusona opaca Dusona opacoides Hinz, 1985Dusona opima Dusona orientalis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona pahalgamensis Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona pallescens Dusona papator Hinz & Horstmann, 2004Dusona parallela Gupta & Gupta, 1977Dusona parva Horstmann, 2004Dusona parvicavata Horstmann, 2004