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Genus Protichneumon

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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
No Taxon (Protichneumon Genus Group)
Genus Protichneumon
Numbers
6 spp. in our area (1), 3 treated by Carlson(2)
1. Protichneumon effigies : NF to s. BC; to GA, MS, KS, and CO(2)
2. Protichneumon glabricoxalis: TN(3)
3. Protichneumon grandis: QC to s. BC; to FL, KS, NM, and OR(2)
4. Protichneumon polytropus: se. NC(2)
5. Protichneumon radtkeorum: FL, LA, KS, MD, NY, PA, VA(3)
6. Protichneumon victoriae: BC to CA (west of 120°W)(3)
Identification
Species are keyed by Heinrich (1960)(4) and (1977).(3)
Remarks
Typically parasitoids of Sphingidae(2)
See Also
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
3.Ichneumoninae of Florida and Neighboring States (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, subfamily Ichneumoninae)
Heinrich, G.H. 1977. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, Volume 9.
4.Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with Particular Reference to the Northeastern Region (Hymenoptera). Part I...
Heinrich G. 1960. Canad. Ent. Suppl., 15:1-87. (Accompanied Vol. 92.).