Limonethe

Limonethe is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about five described species in Limonethe.[1][2][3][4][5] They can be distinguished from similar genera based on the nearly square-shaped areolet and the large and dense punctures on the post-petiole. Many also have infuscated wings, a red abdomen, black head and mesosoma with narrow white markings along the inner eye margins. Limonethe occurs in the New World from Canada to Argentina.

Limonethe
Limonethe maurator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Tribe:	Ichneumonini
Genus:	Limonethe Townes, 1946

Species

These five species belong to the genus Limonethe:

• Limonethe annulicornis (Ashmead, 1895) ^c
• Limonethe beckeri (Costa Lima & Guitton, 1961) ^{c g}
• Limonethe maurator (Brulle, 1846) ^{c g b}
• Limonethe meridionalis (Cresson, 1865) ^{c g}
• Limonethe scutellata (Brulle, 1846) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[6] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

1. "Browse Limonethe". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. "Limonethe". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Limonethe Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. "Limonethe Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
5. Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
6. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.

Further reading

• Media related to Limonethe at Wikimedia Commons
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
• Heinrich, Gerd (1961). "Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with Particular Reference to the Northeastern Region (Hymenoptera): Part V Synopsis of the Ichneumonini: Genera Protopelmus, Patrocloides, Probolus, Stenichneumon, Aoplus, Limonethe, Hybophorellus, Rubicundiella, Melanichneumon, Stenobarichneumon, Platylabops, Hoplismenus, Hemihoplis, Trogomorpha". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 93 (S26): 511–671. doi:10.4039/entm9326fv.