Ichneumon - Exetastes fornicator rufofemoratus

An interesting species that is an endoparasite of cutworm (and likely other) larvae. It is in one of the subfamilies that "carry polydnavirus DNA in their genomes, and release polydnaviruses into the host when the eggs are injected. The polydnaviruses suppress the host's immune system, thus protecting parasitoid progeny from host defenses." I've found few records of this species in North America, mostly in Canada, but papers mentioning it in England, Iran, India, Mexico, and a few European countries.

Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea - Braconids and Ichneumons
Family Ichneumonidae - Ichneumon Wasps
Subfamily Banchinae
Tribe Banchini
Genus Exetastes
Species fornicator - Exetastes fornicator
Subspecies rufofemoratus - Exetastes fornicator rufofemoratus

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Taken on: June 13, 2019

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Sets appears in: • Insects of Prairie Oaks • Hymenoptera of Prairie Oaks

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