Genus Gelis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Unknown Hymenoptera - Gelis tenellus - female

Wasp ovipositing in cocoon - Gelis tenellus - female

Wingless Brown Ichneumonid - Gelis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)

Subfamily Phygadeuontinae

Tribe Phygadeuontini

Subtribe Gelina

Genus Gelis

Explanation of Names

Gelis Thunberg 1827

Numbers

92 described spp. in our area(1), ~300 total

Range

worldwide

Remarks

Many species of Gelis are wingless. Habits are diverse. Many are external parasites of Lepidoptera in cocoons, others are parasitic on Symphyta, spiders, Diptera larvae and pupae, or wood-boring Coleoptera larvae. Many are Hyperparasites.(2)

Works Cited

1.	Nomina Insecta Nearctica Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.

2.	Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog

Contributed by tom murray on 23 January, 2006 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 December, 2021 - 1:07am

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