Ichneumoninae
| Ichneumoninae | |
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| Coelichmeumon haemmorhoidalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ichneumoninae Latreille , 1802 |
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Ichneumoninae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
Ichneumoninae are koinobiont or idiobiont endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera.This is the second largest subfamily of Ichneumonidae with 373 genera. Ichneumonines are often large, conspicuous colourful insects.They have a 5-sided areolet,a dorso-ventrally flattened abdomen, a long sternaulus and the clypeus is truncate exposing the labium.
Selected genera
- Alomya Panzer, 1806
- Amblyjoppa Cameron, 1902
- Amblyteles Wesmael, 1844
- Amblyteles armatorius (Foerster, 1771)
- Anisobas Wesmael, 1844
- Anisopygus Kriechbaumer, 1888
- Aoplus Tischbein, 1874
- Apaeleticus Wesmael, 1844
- Barichneumon Thomson, 1893
- Cratichneumon Thomson, 1893
- Eurylabus Wesmael, 1844
- Goedartia Boie, 1841
- Heresiarches Wesmael, 1859
- Hoplismenus Gravenhorst, 1829
- Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758
- Phaeogenes Wesmael, 1844
- Platylabus Wesmael, 1844
- Pseudoplatylabus Smits van Burgst, 1920
- Trogus Panzer, 1806
References
- Rasnitsyn, A.P. & U.V. Siitan. 1981. Ichneumoninae. In: D.R. Kasparyan (ed.), A guide to the identification of insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera . Moscow: Nauka Press.(in Russian)
- Biolib
External links
Media related to Ichneumoninae at Wikimedia Commons- Diagnostic characters
- Waspweb