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Family Ichneumonidae - Ichneumonid Wasps

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

The Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4

By Townes H
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 17, 1971

subfamilies as defined by Townes: Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthocentrinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae, and Ichneumoninae

Note: Townes' nomenclature is not used by BugGuide

PDF on DVD available for sale through the AEI: http://www.amentinst.org/memoirs.php

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 13 January, 2020 - 9:58pm

The Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3

By Townes H
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 13, 1969

subfamilies as defined by Townes: Lycorinae, Scolobatinae, and Porizontinae

Note: Townes' nomenclature is not used by BugGuide

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 13 January, 2020 - 9:57pm

The Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1

By Townes H
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 11, 1969

subfamilies as defined by Townes: Ephialtinae, Tryphoninae, Labiinae, Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, and Agriotypinae plus terminology, morphology, etc.

Note: Townes' nomenclature is not used by BugGuide

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 13 January, 2020 - 9:56pm

The Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 2

By Townes H
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Number 12, 1969

Note: Townes' nomenclature is not used by BugGuide; his subfamily Gelinae is now Cryptinae

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 13 January, 2020 - 9:08pm

Ichneumon-Flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, and Acaenitinae

By Henry Townes and Marjorie Townes
Bulletin - United States National Museum, Vol. 216, Part 2, pp. 1–676, 1960

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 8 January, 2019 - 8:43am

Key to Ichneumonidae in New Zealand

By Schnitzler, Franz-Rudolf & Ward, Darren F
Landcare Research, 2013

While the key was designed for New Zealand, Landcare Research's "Fact Sheets' on different taxa are an excellent source for Ichneumon wasp descriptions

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 19 September, 2015 - 11:28pm

Hibernating Ichneumonidae of Ohio

By Clement E. Dasch
Ohio J. Sci. 71: 270–283, 1971

Ecological info and identification key for 39 spp. (all but 2 Ichneumoninae) hibernating as adults (almost exclusively ♀♀).
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Contributed by v belov on 14 January, 2010 - 1:08pm

A Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic Endasys Foerster 1868 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Gelinae)

By Luhman JC
University of California Press, 1990

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 14 January, 2020 - 9:34am

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