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Tribe Ichneumonini

Ichneumon Wasp - Coelichneumon navus - female Parastic Wasp - Thyrateles lugubrator Wasp Ichneumonini - male wasp? - Protichneumon grandis Ichneumon ambulatorius male - Ichneumon ambulatorius - male Trogomorpha arrogans wasp?
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heresiarchini(1)
Joppocryptini(1)
=Acanthojoppini
Listrodromini(1)
Numbers
about 555 spp. in 61 genera north of Mexico; around 286 genera worldwide following Santos et al. (2021).

the Ichneumonini prior to Santos et al. (2021):
450 spp. in 42 genera north of Mexico (of which 141 are Ichneumon spp.)(2)(3); 192 genera worldwide

from the former Heresiarchini:
90 spp. in 11 genera (of which over 50 Coelichneumon spp.) north of Mexico(2)(3); 69 genera worldwide

from the former Joppocrpytini:
5 spp. in 4 genera north of Mexico(3); 14 genera, mostly Ethiopian [citation needed]
1. Lobaegis (1 sp.)
2. Narthecura (1 sp.)
3. Plagiotrypes (1 sp.)
4. Pseudoplatylabus (2 spp.)

from the former Listrodromini:
10 spp. in 4 genera north of Mexico;(3) 11 genera worldwide(2)
1. Anisobas (6 spp.)(4)
2. Diacantharius (1 undescribed species noted by (3))
3. Dilopharius (1 undescribed species noted by (3))
4. Neotypus (1 sp.)
Identification
"...distinguished by forms of propodeum : The Ichneumonini have distinct dorsoposterior faces in propodeum" (Jeong et al, 2009)
Range
worldwide(2)
Print References
Jeong, J.C., Cha, J.Y., Choi, J.K., & Lee, J.W. (2009). Six species of the tribe Ichneumonini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) new to Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 25(1): 107-119.

Tereshkin, A.M. (2015). Ichneumon flies of the tribe Joppocryptini of Palaearctic. Description of new genus Londokia nov.gen. and two new species L. kasparyani nov.sp. and L. leleji nov.sp. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 47(2): 1865-1884.
Works Cited
1.Phylogenomics of Ichneumoninae reveals pervasive morphological convergence and the shortcomings of previous classifications
Bernardo F. Santos, David B. Wahl, Pascal Rousse, Andrew M. R. Bennett, Robert Kula, & Seán G. Brady. 2021. Systematic Entomology 46(3): 704-724.
2.Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae
3.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
4.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.