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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)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea - Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited
Ichneumon - Dusona - female Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae? Acrotaphus wiltii - female Possible ichneumon - Conocalama Ichneumon Wasp - male Lysiphlebus? - female Braconid with long, curved ovipositor - female red and black ichneumon wasp - Tryphon seminiger - 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)
Numbers
>42,000 described spp. in ~2,600 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Pronotum more or less triangular in profile, extending to tegula or nearly so. Antennae threadlike, usually at least 16-segmented. Hind trochanters 2-segmented. Ovipositor rises in front of apex of abdomen, non-retractable, often as long or longer than body. FW without a costal cell.
recurrent vein(s) in Braconid and Ichneumonid wings
Remarks
Many are biocontrol agents used in agriculture/forestry
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life
Contributed by Richard Leung on 15 April, 2005 - 9:55pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, josephfortier, Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, v belov, KenW, PaleoJon
Last updated 20 April, 2024 - 12:37pm

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