Anomalon is a large genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. 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.Dicky Sick Ki Yu, Cornelis van Achterberg & Klaus Horstmann. 2012. Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Fauna Europaea Twenty species are recorded from Costa Rica. In the Africa and the Middle East, they are well represented in dry habitats, but in the Americas are most common in very wet rain forests. Recorded hosts include tenebrionid or elaterid beetle larvae and noctuid and tortricid moth larvae.
Description "The species of Anomalon can easily be recognized from other Anomaloninae 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 2m-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
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
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