ICHNEUMONIDAE Latreille, 1802
(ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ACAENITINAE
acaenitine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 10 ident. refs
ADELOGNATHINAE
adelognathine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 23 images 5 ident. refs
Adelognathus
adelognathine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 23 images 1 ident. refs
AGRIOTYPINAE
caddis ichneumons
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 53 images 4 ident. refs
ANOMALONINAE
anomalonine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 12 subtaxa 270 images 15 ident. refs
BANCHINAE
banchine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 38 subtaxa 1,203 images 16 ident. refs
CAMPOPLEGINAE
campoplegine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 78 subtaxa 1,243 images 100 ident. refs
COLLYRIINAE
collyriine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 67 images 4 ident. refs
CREMASTINAE
cremastine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 83 images 14 ident. refs
CRYPTINAE
cryptine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 78 subtaxa 1,558 images 87 ident. refs
CTENOPELMATINAE
ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 55 subtaxa 714 images 72 ident. refs
CYLLOCERIINAE
cylloceriine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 22 images 5 ident. refs
DIACRITINAE
diacritine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
DIPLAZONTINAE
diplazontine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 19 subtaxa 562 images 7 ident. refs
EUCEROTINAE
eucerotine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
Euceros
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
ICHNEUMONINAE
ichneumonine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 178 subtaxa 4,850 images 186 ident. refs
LYCORININAE
lycorinine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 6 ident. refs
MESOCHORINAE
mesochorine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 9 subtaxa 115 images 16 ident. refs
METOPIINAE
metopiine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 13 subtaxa 74 images 25 ident. refs
MICROLEPTINAE
microleptine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
NEORHACODINAE
neorhacodine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
OPHIONINAE
ophionine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 17 subtaxa 296 images 25 ident. refs
ORTHOCENTRINAE
orthocentrine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 27 subtaxa 123 images 47 ident. refs
ORTHOPELMATINAE
orthopelmatine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 53 images 5 ident. refs
OXYTORINAE
oxytorine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 8 ident. refs
PHYGADEUONTINAE
phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 97 subtaxa 1,526 images 116 ident. refs
PIMPLINAE
pimpline ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 59 subtaxa 1,404 images 53 ident. refs
POEMENIINAE
poemeniinine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 18 images 8 ident. refs
RHYSSINAE
rhyssine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 79 images 5 ident. refs
STILBOPINAE
stilbopine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 59 images 3 ident. refs
TERSILOCHINAE
tersilochine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 21 subtaxa 245 images 32 ident. refs
TRYPHONINAE
tryphonine ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 42 subtaxa 715 images 57 ident. refs
XORIDINAE
xoridine ichneumon wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 59 images 8 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Laboratoire: Insectes et environnement www.cthirion.eu/
Broad, G., Shaw, M.R. & Fitton, M.G. 2018 Ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): their classification and biology Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7, Part 12, 415pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Kasparyan, D.R. 1981 Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. (Opredelitel nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR) Vol 3 (3): 1-688.
Morley, C. 1912 *** A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) ***(Superseded) 4 volumes, 88+140+148+167pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Morley, C. 1903 *** Ichneumonologia Britannica: the Ichneumons of Great Britain ***(Superseded) 312+340+324+341+400pp, James H. Keys
Perkins, J.F. 1953 Notes on British Ichneumonidae with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 3: 103-176.
Prehn, N. & Raper, C. 2017 Beginner’s guide to identifying British ichneumonids http://www.nhm.ac.uk/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/identify-nature/british-ichneumonid-wasps-id-guide.pdf
Prehn, N. & Raper, C. 2016 *** Beginner’s guide to identifying British ichneumonids ***(Superseded)
Schmiedeknecht, O. 1904 Opuscula Ichneumonologica 2962pp
Storey, M.W. 04 Guessing Guide
Strobl, G. 1901 Ichneumoniden Steiermarks (und der Nachbarländer) Mitt. Naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark Vol 37: 132-257.
Wahl, D.B. 1993 Family Ichneumonidae Wahl, D.B., 1993. Family Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families

Nocturnal Species

Broad, G.R. 2012 Keys for the identification of British and Irish nocturnal Ichneumonidae http://nocturnalichs.myspecies.info/node/38

Photo Collections

Anon. BioLib: Ichneumonidae www.biolib.cz/en/gallery/dir2083/
Anon Členovci - arthropoda arthropoda.pavouci-cz.eu/
Knutsens, K. Karin Knutsens Fotogallery: Ichneumonidae www.knutsen.dk/main.php?g2_itemId=34081

Russian Far East

Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. (eds) 2007 Ichneumonidae A Key to the Insects of the Russian Far East Vol IV, Pt 5.

Subfamily Key

Perkins, J.F. 1959 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Part I, Ichneumonidae, keys to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae-1 Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VII. Part 2(ai), 116pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 107 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
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