Ichneumoninae

Ichneumoninae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Ichneumoninae
Coelichmeumon haemmorhoidalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Ichneumoninae
Latreille , 1802
Tribes
  • Alomyini
  • Callajoppini
  • Ctenocalini
  • Eurylabini
  • Goedartiini
  • Heresiarchini
  • Ichneumonini
  • Joppocryptini
  • Listrodromini
  • Oedicephalini
  • Platylabini
  • Zimmerini
Ichneumon laetus female

Ichneumoninae are koinobiont or idiobiont endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera. It is the second largest subfamily of Ichneumonidae, with 373 genera. Ichneumonines are often large, conspicuous colourful insects. They have a 5-sided areolet, a dorso-ventrally flattened abdomen, a short of absent sternaulus and the clypeus is truncate, exposing the labium.

Selected genera
  • Alomya Panzer, 1806
  • Amblyjoppa Cameron, 1902
  • Amblyteles Wesmael, 1844
  • Anisobas Wesmael, 1844
  • Anisopygus Kriechbaumer, 1888
  • Aoplus Tischbein, 1874
  • Apaeleticus Wesmael, 1844
  • Barichneumon Thomson, 1893
  • Cratichneumon Thomson, 1893
  • Eurylabus Wesmael, 1844
  • Goedartia Boie, 1841
  • Heresiarches Wesmael, 1859
  • Hoplismenus Gravenhorst, 1829
  • Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lymantrichneumon Heinrich, 1968
    • Lymantrichneumon disparis Poda 1761[1]
  • Phaeogenes Wesmael, 1844
  • Platylabus Wesmael, 1844
  • Pseudoplatylabus Smits van Burgst, 1920
  • Trogus Panzer, 1806

References
  1. "Lymantrichneumon Heinrich, 1968". Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

Further reading
  • Rasnitsyn, A.P. & U.V. Siitan. 1981. Ichneumoninae. In: D.R. Kasparyan (ed.), A guide to the identification of insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera . Moscow: Nauka Press.(in Russian)


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