Cremnops Foester, 1862

Sharkey, Michael, Yu, Dicky, van Noort, Simon, Seltmann, Katja & Penev, Lyubomir, 2009, Revision of the Oriental genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with an emphasis on Thailand and interactive keys to genera published in three different formats, ZooKeys 21 (2), pp. 19-54 : 38

Cremnops Foester, 1862

Type species: Bracon deflagrator Spinola, 1808 .

Distribution: Cosmopolitan, with similar representation in tropical and temperate habitats. No specimens are recorded from Th ailand but we have collected one or two species represented by less than 10 specimens. Th ey are similar to the widespread Palaearctic species C. desertor , and may be conspecific.

Diversity: 73 species described world-wide, 16 recorded for the Oriental region (all treated by Bhat 1979).

Biology: Host families include Pyralidae (10 spp.), Noctuidae (4 spp.), Tortricidae (2 spp.) Sesiidae (1 sp.). Th e relatively long ovipositor suggests that members attack concealed hosts. The coloration of the Oriental species indicates that they are diurnal, however nocturnal species are known from other areas.

Phylogenetic Information. Sister to Cremnoptoides (unpublished, based on COI and 28S sequence data).

Diagnosis: Ovipositor longer than half length of metasoma ( Fig. 24a); fore and mid tarsal claws cleft (Fig.2a); notauli impressed (as in Fig. 7b); hind trochantellus lacking ventral carinae (as in Fig. 3b).