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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Ichneumoninae » Ichneumonini » Cratichneumon » Cratichneumon paratus

Species Cratichneumon paratus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Works Cited
Ichneumon Wasp - Cratichneumon paratus - female Ichneumon - Cratichneumon paratus - male Ichneumon - Cratichneumon paratus - male Ichneumon - Cratichneumon paratus - male Ichneumon - Cratichneumon paratus - female Ichneumon Wasp - Cratichneumon paratus - female IMG_6618 - Cratichneumon paratus - female Unknown Ichneumon Wasp - Cratichneumon paratus
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
Genus Cratichneumon
Species paratus (Cratichneumon paratus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ichneumon parata Say, 1829
Cratichnumon paratus Say; the fact that Say originally used parata makes no difference; the name is adjectival, and its termination needs to conform with the gender of the genus.
Remarks
"Cratichneumon species of this ilk are not easy to ID even with specimens." —Bob Carlson(1)
Works Cited
1.wasp
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 21 May, 2010 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 13 November, 2022 - 2:53pm

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