Townes-1944
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Pygocryptus brevicornis echthroides
Pygocryptus brevicornis echthroides is a subspecies of ichneumon wasp in the family Ichneumonidae, described by Townes in 1944. The genus Pygocryptus belongs to the large and diverse ichneumonid wasp family, whose members are predominantly parasitoids of other insects. This subspecies is part of the nominate species P. brevicornis, with 'echthroides' indicating a distinctive morphological or geographic variant. Ichneumonid wasps in this genus are generally small to medium-sized parasitoids.