Gelis Thunberg, 1827
(ant-mimic ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Gelis (unidentified males)
Male Ant-mimic Ichneumons (Unidentified)
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Functional group 36 images
Gelis agilis
Black Garden-ant-mimic Ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 41 images 1 ident. refs
Gelis areator
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 25 images 1 ident. refs
Gelis bicolor
Variable Ant-mimic Ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 16 images
Gelis fallax
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Gelis fuscicornis
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Species 1 ident. refs
Gelis hortensis
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 21 images
Gelis intermedius
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Gelis longicauda
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 26 images
Gelis mangeri
an ant-mimic ichneumon
(Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 51 images
Gelis meigenii
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 16 images
Gelis melanocephalus
Common Striped Ant-mimic Ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 26 images
Gelis melanophorus
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 17 images
Gelis proximus
a moth ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 51 images
Gelis rufogaster
Red Ant-mimic Ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Gelis spurius
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 59 images
Gelis trux
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Gelis viduus
an ant-mimic ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusGelis (ant-mimic ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 1986 *** Die westpalarirktischen Arten der Gattung Gelis Thunberg , 1827, mit macropteren oder brachypteren Weibchen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) ***(Superseded) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 7 (30): 389-424.

Brachypters

Horstmann, K. 1993 *** Nachträge zu Revisionen der Gattungen Aclastus Förster, Ceratophygadeuon Viereck, Chirotica Förster und Gelis Thunberg (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) ***(Superseded) Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen Vol 42 (1): 7-15.
Horstmann, K. 1993 *** Revision der brachypteren Weibchen der westpaläarktischen Cryptinae (Hymenoptera. lchneumonidae) ***(Superseded) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie 14: 85-148.
Schwarz, M. 1994 Beitrag zur Systematik und Taxonomie europäischer Gelis - Arten mit macropteren oder brachypteren Weibchen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 26 (1): 381-391.

Winged Females

Schwarz, M. 2016 Die Schlupfwespengattung Gelis (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) mit macropteren Weibchen in der Westpaläarktis Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 48 (2): 1677-1752.

Wingless Females

Schwarz, M. 2002 Revision der westpaläarktischen Arten der Gattungen Gelis THUNBERG mit apteren Weibchen und Thaumatogelis SCHWARZ (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Teil 3. Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 34 (2): 1293-1392.

Gelis (ant-mimic ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gelis (ant-mimic ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gelis (ant-mimic ichneumon wasps)

A genus of Cryptine ichneumons. Many species have ant-like wingless females. The males are currently unidentifiable.

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