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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 » Protichneumon Genus Group (Protichneumonina) » Protichneumon

Genus Protichneumon

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Ichneumoninae? - Protichneumon wasp - Protichneumon grandis - male Wasp - Protichneumon Hymenopteran - Protichneumon grandis Ichneumon sp ? - Protichneumon grandis 9050300 ich - Protichneumon grandis Ichneumon - Protichneumon Protichneumon grandis ? - Protichneumon
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
Subtribe Protichneumonina (Protichneumon Genus Group)
Genus Protichneumon
Numbers
6 spp. in our area (1), 3 treated by Carlson(2)
1. Protichneumon effigies : NF to s. BC; to GA, MS, KS, and CO(2)
2. Protichneumon glabricoxalis: TN(3)
3. Protichneumon grandis: QC to s. BC; to FL, KS, NM, and OR(2)
4. Protichneumon polytropus: se. NC(2)
5. Protichneumon radtkeorum: FL, LA, KS, MD, NY, PA, VA(3)
6. Protichneumon victoriae: BC to CA (west of 120°W)(3)
Identification
Species are keyed by Heinrich (1960(4) and 1977(3)).
Remarks
Typically parasitoids of Sphingidae(2)
See Also
Thyrateles
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
3.Ichneumoninae of Florida and Neighboring States (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, subfamily Ichneumoninae)
Heinrich, G.H. 1977. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, Volume 9.
4.Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with Particular Reference to the Northeastern Region (Hymenoptera). Part I...
Heinrich G. 1960. Canad. Ent. Suppl., 15:1-87. (Accompanied Vol. 92.).
Contributed by tom murray on 28 September, 2009 - 5:14pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, PaleoJon
Last updated 4 July, 2022 - 4:45pm

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