Family Ichneumonidae - Ichneumonid Wasps

Broad G. (2011) Identification key to the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)

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A helpful illustrated key designed with the fauna of British Isles in mind but giving good idea of the features used to separate ichneumonoid families and most of the ichneumonid subfamilies in our area, too

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Contributed by v belov on 4 February, 2010 - 6:57pm

Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog

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A catalog of the ichneumon wasps north of Mexico (taxonomy, hosts, distribution, references); part of the Database of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico

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Contributed by v belov on 17 December, 2009 - 12:59pm

Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae

David Wahl's catalog of generic and higher names within Ichneumonidae is updated based on new publications and is the classification used by BugGuide. Names from Townes' revisions should be checked against this list for current status.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 September, 2009 - 7:38pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitoid Apocrita) » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Cryptinae » Cryptini » Lymeonina » Lymeon

Review of North American species of the genus Lymeon Foerster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae)

By Kasparyan, D. R., & Ruíz, C. E
Zoosystematica Rossica, 13(1), 53-79, 2005

Includes our 4 species along with 29 additional neotropical species.

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 6 November, 2020 - 10:35am

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

Biology, early stages and description of a new species of Adelognathus Holmgren (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Adelognathinae)

Detailed biology and life history of a British species of Adelognathinae

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Contributed by Joe on 14 March, 2016 - 10:54pm

David B. Wahl. Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae-Taxonomy of Nearctic Lycorina

A key to our Lycorine species with a presentation of the taxonomic history of this group.

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 5 March, 2021 - 8:22pm

Ichneumonidae: Orthopelmatinae and Anomaloninae

Includes diagrams of diagnostic morphological features of the subfamilies and biological information. Published in 1977

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Contributed by Joe on 4 February, 2017 - 9:46pm

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