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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Ichneumoninae » Ichneumonini » Ichneumon » Ichneumon ambulatorius

Species Ichneumon ambulatorius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Wasp - unident - Ichneumon ambulatorius - female White, orange and black wasp - Ichneumon ambulatorius - female unidentified Ichneumonidae 3 - Ichneumon ambulatorius - male Yellow-spotted wasp - Ichneumon ambulatorius - female Ichneumon ambulatorius - female White-ringed ichneumon wasp - Ichneumon ambulatorius - female Ichneumon ambulatorius? - Ichneumon ambulatorius Sawfly species? - Ichneumon ambulatorius - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Ichneumoninae
Tribe Ichneumonini
Genus Ichneumon
Species ambulatorius (Ichneumon ambulatorius)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ichneumon ambulatorius Fabricius, 1775
Identification
♀
♂
Range
NL (Insular) s. to NC, w. to BC and UT; United Kingdom
Food
Noctuidae: Apamea devastator, Faronta diffusa Hydraecia immanis, Macronoctua onusta, Mesapamea stipata, Papaipema circumlucens, Papaipema nebris, Pseudaletia unipuncta, Spodoptera frugiperda.
Remarks
Heinrich notes that there exist males of two similar species in New England and suggests caution be taken with identification within this area.(1)
Works Cited
1.Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with Particular Reference to the Northeastern Region (Hymenoptera). Part III.
Heinrich G. 1961. Canad. Ent. Suppl., 21: 207-368. (Accompanied Vol. 93.).
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 28 September, 2009 - 1:32pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Bob Carlson, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 February, 2023 - 12:16am

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