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ICHNEUMONIDAE (a family of ichneumon wasps)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Ichneumonidae Imago 6 September 2005 Berks England 2
Ichneumonidae Imago 17 July 2005 Berks England 2
Ichneumonidae Imago 23 June 2005 North Wiltshire England 1
Ichneumonidae Imago 15 May 2005 Berks England 3
Ichneumonidae Male imago 22 November 2004 Berks England 11
Ichneumonidae 7 October 2004 North Hampshire England 2
Ichneumonidae Larva 24 February 1981 North Wiltshire England 5

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Genus Apechthis (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1        
Species Apechthis compunctor (Linnaeus, 1758) (an ichneumon wasp)     1    
Genus Barylypa (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1        
Species Barylypa insidiator (Forster, 1878) (an ichneumon wasp)     3    
Subfamily CREMASTINAE (a subfamily of ichneumon wasps) 1        
Species Dimophora evanialis (an ichneumon wasp)         1
Subfamily DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumons) 15     4 37
Genus Dolichomitus (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1        
Species Dolichomitus mesocentrus     10    
Species Lemophagus curtus (an ichneumon wasp)         1
Species Lemophagus pulcher (an ichneumon wasp)         1
Species Listrodromus nycthemerus (Gravenhorst, 1820) (an ichneumon wasp)       2 3
Species Odontocolon dentipes (Gmelin, 1790) (an ichneumon wasp)     1    
Genus Ophion (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1        
Aggregate Ophion luteum agg. (yellow ophion)   2      
Species Orthopelma mediator (Thunberg, 1822) (an ichneumon wasp)   1      
Genus Phrudus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)       1  
Genus Phygadeuon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)         1
Species Pygmaeolus nitidus (Bridgman, 1889) (an ichneumon wasp)       1  
Genus Rhembobius (a genus of ichneumon wasps)         2
Species Rhemobodius bifrons (a ichneumon wasp)         1
Species Rhyssa persuasoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (an ichneumon wasp)   6      
Genus Scambus (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1        
Species Scambus inanis (an ichneumon wasp)         1
Species Stenichneumon militarius (Thunberg, 1822) (an ichneumon wasp)   4 12    
Genus Stilbops (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1        
Species Stilbops ruficornis (Gravenhorst, 1829) (an ichneumon wasp)     13    

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Broad, G., in prep. In Prep
Fitton, M.G., Shaw, M.R., & Gauld, I.D., 1988 Pimpline Ichneumon-flies
Gauld, I.D. & Mitchell, P.A., 1977 Ichneumonidae - Orthopelmatinae & Anomaloninae
Perkins, J.F., 1960 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae, subfamilies Ichneumoninae II, Alomyinae, Agriotypinae and Lycorininae
Perkins, J.F., 1960 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Part I, Ichneumonidae, keys to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae-1
Wahl, D.B. (Key to subfamilies) ??

General Works

1991 Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1955 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.)
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1957 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 3: records of Tachinidae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Eulophidae and Scelionidae (Hym.)

ICHNEUMONIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
ICHNEUMONOIDEA

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

ICHNEUMONIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Ichneumonidae listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with ICHNEUMONIDAE:

cocoon cocoon is endoparasitoid host of larva Perilampus tristis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Perilampidae) Foreign Ferrière, C. And Kerrich, G.J., 1958

Ichneumonidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

References

Ferrière, C. And Kerrich, G.J., 1958 Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a)

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