Biology:Ichneumon (wasp)

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Ichneumon
Ichneumon insidiosus – Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Superfamily:
Ichneumonoidea
Family:
Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:
Ichneumoninae
Genus:
Ichneumon

Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Colobacis Cameron, 1901
  • Coreojoppa Uchida, 1926
  • Euichneumon Berthoumieu, 1904
  • Matsumuraius Ashmead, 1906
  • Pterocormus Foerster, 1850
  • Tyanites Cameron, 1903
  • Vabsaris Cameron, 1903
  • Brachypterus Gravenhorst, 1829

Ichneumon is a genus of parasitic wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.

Selected species

This genus include about 270 species:

Cultural significance

In the eighteenth century Ichneumon was regarded as an instance of the God-given balance in nature; in the nineteenth the possibility of using it as a form of biocontrol was briefly entertained. It was used as the symbol of the reformed Entomological Society of London in 1833.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "The British Journal for the History of Science V48:4". Cambridge University Press. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10052896&fileId=S000708741500062X. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3147670 entry




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