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ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(a superfamily of parasitic wasps)
ICHNEUMONIDAE
(a family of ichneumon wasps)
Ichneumonidae
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

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ICHNEUMONIDAE (a family of ichneumon wasps)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos Date Vice-county Country
Ichneumonidae Male imago 11 11 22 Nov 2004 Berks England
Ichneumonidae Larva 5 5 24 Feb 1981 North Wiltshire England
Ichneumonidae Imago 3 3 15 May 2005 Berks England
Ichneumonidae Imago 2 2 6 Sep 2005 Berks England
Ichneumonidae 2 2 7 Oct 2004 North Hampshire England
Ichneumonidae Imago 1 1 23 Jun 2005 North Wiltshire England

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Genus Apechthis (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1   1  
Genus Barylypa (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1   3  
Subfamily DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumons) 2     4
Genus Dolichomitus (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1   10  
Genus Itoplectis (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1 1   1
Genus Lemophagus (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1      
Species Lemophagus errabundus (an ichneumon wasp)       1
Species Limerodops subsericans (Gravenhorst, 1820) (an ichneumon wasp)   6 6  
Species Listrodromus nycthemerus (Gravenhorst, 1820) (an ichneumon wasp)       2
Species Odontocolon dentipes (Gmelin, 1790) (an ichneumon wasp)     1  
Genus Ophion (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1 2    
Species Orthopelma mediator (Thunberg, 1822) (an ichneumon wasp)   1    
Genus Phrudus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)       1
Species Pygmaeolus nitidus (Bridgman, 1889) (an 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)   16    
Genus Stilbops (a genus of ichneumon wasps) 1   13  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Broad, G., in prep. Key to the identification of British Subfamilies of Ichneumonidae
Fitton, M.G., Shaw, M.R., & Gauld, I.D., 1988 Pimpline Ichneumon-flies
Gauld, I.D. & Mitchell, P.A., 1977 Ichneumonidae - Orthopelmatinae & Anomaloninae
Morley, C., 1903 Ichneumonologia Britannica: the Ichneumons of Great Britain
Morley, C., 1912 A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History)
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., 1993 (Key to subfamilies) Family Ichneumonidae

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 general literature references to ICHNEUMONIDAE (a family of ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)		 ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(a superfamily of parasitic wasps)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 57 feeding and other relationships of ICHNEUMONIDAE (a family of ichneumon wasps)

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