Subfamily Anomaloninae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconids and Ichneumons)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps)

Subfamily Anomaloninae

Numbers

16 genera in the Nearctic Region (39 worldwide).

Identification

Elongate slender with compressed abdomen and a reticulated propodeum.

Range

Worldwide.

Food

Endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

See Also

Often confused with Banchinae

Internet References

Wasp web Iziko.

American Entomological Institute Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera).

Wikipedia.

Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 12 August, 2009 - 11:06pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 1 November, 2009 - 9:41pm

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