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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 » Limonethe » Limonethe maurator

Species Limonethe maurator

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Food
Ichneumon wasp - Limonethe maurator - female Ichneumonidae? - Limonethe maurator Ichneumonidae ID request - Limonethe maurator Ichneumon Wasp (?) - Limonethe maurator Black Insect with Red Legs - Limonethe maurator Ichneumon Wasps - Dorsal - Limonethe maurator - male Wasp like Insect - Limonethe maurator Wasp - Limonethe maurator
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 Limonethe
Species maurator (Limonethe maurator)
Explanation of Names
Limonethe maurator (Brulle, 1846)
maurator = possibly a corruption of the Latin morātor ('to delay or linger'); this is the root of the Spanish morar ('to dwell') and English 'marauder'
Numbers
the only member of the genus in our area
Identification
A distinctive species recognized by its black ground color, red hind femora, red abdomen, and white bands on the antennae.
Food
Nymphalis antiopa, Vanessa cardui.
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 14 December, 2009 - 3:09pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 11 February, 2021 - 4:41am

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