Ichneumoninae

Ichneumoninae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Ichneumoninae Latreille , 1802
Tribes
Heresiarchini Ichneumonini

female

Vulgichneumon brevicinctor, female

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

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 , a dorso-ventrally flattened abdomen, a short or absent and the clypeus is truncate, exposing the labium.

Selected genera[]

• Alomya Panzer, 1806
• Amblyjoppa Cameron, 1902
• Amblyteles Wesmael, 1844
  • Amblyteles armatorius (Foerster, 1771)
• Wesmael, 1844
• Kriechbaumer, 1888
• Aoplus Tischbein, 1874
• Wesmael, 1844
• Thomson, 1893
• Cratichneumon Thomson, 1893
• Wesmael, 1844
• Boie, 1841
• Wesmael, 1859
• Hoplismenus Gravenhorst, 1829
• Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758
• Heinrich, 1968
  • Poda 1761^[1]
• Phaeogenes Wesmael, 1844
• Platylabus Wesmael, 1844
• Smits van Burgst, 1920
• Trogus Panzer, 1806

References[]

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)

External links[]

• Media related to Ichneumoninae at Wikimedia Commons
• Biolib
• Diagnostic characters
• Waspweb

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