Ecphylus Foerster

Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Kula, Robert R., 2012, Review of the brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous Braconidae of the cyclostome lineage (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from the Palearctic Region 3240, Zootaxa 3240 (1), pp. 1-62 : 7

Genus Ecphylus Foerster

Ecphylus , a genus of 55 described species worldwide, is represented in all zoogeographic regions ( Yu et al. 2005) including the Australasian ( Belokobylskij et al. 2004). Species occur throughout the Holarctic Region, and some are known from subtropical and tropical areas ( Yu et al. 2005; Belokobylskij & Maeto 2009). Belokobylskij (1998, 2009b) recognized two subgenera, while Marsh (2002) considered Sactopus Ashmead a junior synonym of Ecphylus . Five species exhibit microptery or aptery; only one of those species is known from the Palearctic Region ( Yu et al. 2005). Species of Ecphylus parasitize mainly beetle larvae of the family Scolytidae ( Yu et al. 2005; Belokobylskij & Maeto 2009).