MythscribeMundus
THE NATURAL & IMAGINED WORLDAn illustrated compendium
NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD

Erromenus irrasus Townes & Gupta, 1992

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Erromenus irrasus Townes & Gupta, 1992
Name authority
Townes & Gupta, 1992
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Erromenus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderHymenoptera
  7. suborderApocrita
  8. infraorderTerebrantes
  9. superfamilyIchneumonoidea
  10. familyIchneumonidae
  11. genusErromenus
  12. speciesErromenus irrasus Townes & Gupta, 1992

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Erromenus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Erromenus apertus Townes & Gupta, 1992IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus defrictus Townes & Townes, 1949IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus fumatus Brischke, 1871IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus glabrosus Davis, 1897IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus junior (Thunberg, 1822)IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus labidus Townes & Gupta, 1992IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus lacunosus Kasparyan, 1973IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus nasalis Townes & Townes, 1949IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus planus Townes & Townes, 1949IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus plebejus (Woldstedt, 1878)IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus punctatus (Woldstedt, 1878)IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Erromenus punctidens Townes & Gupta, 1992IchneumonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 1,385 records assigned to Ichneumonidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Townes, H.K.; Gupta, V.K.; Townes, M. The Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico Part 11. Tribes Oedemopsini, Tryphonini and Idiogrammatini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. No.50. 296 pp. (1992). Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3B9NK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.