Ichneumon (genus)

Ichneumon
Ichneumon insidiosus – Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Ichneumoninae
Genus:	Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Colobacis Cameron, 1901 CoreojoppaUchida, 1926 EuichneumonBerthoumieu, 1904 MatsumuraiusAshmead, 1906 PterocormusFoerster, 1850 Tyanites Cameron, 1903 Vabsaris Cameron, 1903 Brachypterus Gravenhorst, 1829

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

Selected species

This genus includes about 270 species:

• Ichneumon annulatorius Fabricius, 1775
• Ichneumon eumerus Wesmael, 1857
• Ichneumon extensorius Linnaeus, 1758
• Ichneumon insidiosus Wesmael, 1844
• Ichneumon nyassae Heinrich, 1967
• Ichneumon rubriornatus Cameron, 1904
• Ichneumon sarcitorius Linnaeus, 1758
• Ichneumon tottor Thunberg, 1822
• Ichneumon unicinctus Brullé, 1846
• Ichneumon centrator Say, 1825

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]

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  Ichneumon laetus female
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  Ichneumon ultimus female
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  Ichneumon mendax female

References

1. Wille, Sheila (December 2015). "The British Journal for the History of Science V48:4" . The British Journal for the History of Science. 48 (4). Cambridge University Press: 639–660. doi:10.1017/S000708741500062X. PMID   26502951.

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