Superfamily Ichneumonoidea - Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps

Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)

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excellent resource, although the name of the site is a misnomer: actually, it's a set of several separate projects designed to cover eventually all the living organisms.

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Contributed by v belov on 31 May, 2012 - 6:56pm

Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae (2014)

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This comprehensive resource, developed and maintained by Ian Gauld and David Wahl of the American Entomological Institute, aims to provide up-to-date information about the taxonomy and biology of North American Ichneumonidae, with more detailed treatment and keys to the Nearctic genera/species of a number of [mostly minor] subfamilies, incl. Acaenitinae, Brachycyrtinae, Collyriinae, Lycorininae, Ophioninae, Poemeniinae, Rhyssinae, Stilbopinae, and Xoridinae.

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Contributed by v belov on 4 February, 2010 - 9:51pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Anomaloninae » Gravenhorstiini » Therion

The Ecology of Commanster: Therion circumflexum (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Ichneumonidae)

Web archive of observational data of Therion circumflexum in Commanster, Luxembourg. Some caution may be warranted regarding applying data to our area due to differences in climate.

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 28 June, 2021 - 12:46am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Alysiinae » Alysiini » Dinotrema

Dinotrema, Foerster, 1863

Based on Peris-Felipo, Frаncisco Jаvier & Belokobylskij, Sergey А., 2018, Revision of the New World species of the genus Dinotrema (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae), Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 1-55
The key is included in the "treatment" and there are links to the figures accompanying each couple on Zenodo.

The figures are also available directly from Zenodo at https://zenodo.org/record/1181466#.Y1mQoC2cbtc

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 26 October, 2022 - 3:00pm

Naturedocumentaries.org: Giant Ichneumon (Megarhyssa macrurus) Ovipositing

A really nice description of how Megarhysssa oviposition works. With video.

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Contributed by Seth Ausubel on 12 June, 2015 - 7:36am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Caterpillar Mummy Wasps (Rogadinae) » Common Mummy Wasps (Aleiodes)

Aleiodes (Tetrasphaeropyx) of the world

Illustrated website and key by Joseph Fortier and Elizabeth Bardon

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 30 August, 2022 - 4:41pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Doryctinae » Spathius

A taxonomic review of the genus Spathius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America and comments on the biological control

Marsh, Paul M. and John S. Strazanac. “A taxonomic review of the genus Spathius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America and comments on the biological control of the emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).” Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18 (2009): 80-112.

Abstract.—A review of the braconid genus Spathius in North America and comments on several
species in the biological control of the Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fair., are presented.
Separate keys to females and males, descriptions, distributions, and biologies are given for the 19
species occurring in North America. One new species, Spathius leiopleuron Marsh and Strazanac,

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Contributed by Sarah Pellecchia on 5 November, 2021 - 11:10am

Key to Giant Ichneumonid Wasps (Megarhyssa) of USA/Canada

By Zachary Dankowicz & Juan Cepeda Espinosa

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Contributed by Zachary Dankowicz on 13 February, 2022 - 8:49am

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