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Ichneumonidae

The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species described as of 2016. However, this likely represents less than a quarter of their true richness as…

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Taxonomy and systematics

PhylogenyDNA sequenceCladisticInternational Code of Zoological NomenclatureApocrita
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Description

WaspsCompound eyesOcelliAculeataVespoidea
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Reproduction and diet

HostMegarhyssaLepidopteraColeopteraPimplinae
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InsectsGenusIchneumonTrue fliesScorpions
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Darwin and the Ichneumonidae

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Ichneumonidae

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Ichneumonidae

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related to External links · 13
Ichneumonidae → Authority, Classification, EOL Comprehensive, EuropaeaIchneumonidae, Extensive, Family Ichneumonidae, Genera Ichneumonorum Nearctica, John Curtis British EntomologyFauna, Long Family Description Many, Morphology, New ZealandW, Rutkies Archived, Wayback Machine Images
related to history · 13
Ichneumonidae → Ancient Greek, Animals, Aristotle, Aristotle's, BC, Darwin, History, However, Ichneumon, Insects, Latin, Less, The
related to Darwin and the Ichneumonidae · 8
Ichneumonidae → American, Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Creator, Darwin, God, In, The
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Ichneumonidae → Checklist, UK
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Ichneumonidae → basal branch of Apocrita

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ichneumonids species wasps family host ichneumon ichneumonid hymenoptera hosts also distribution diversity darwin insects larvae however common ovipositor wing subfamilies

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Ichneumonidaeis abasal branch of Apocrita0.90text
Mesochorinae oviposit inside the larvae of other ichneumonoidsinstance ofHyperparasitoids0.80text
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeThe0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeGod0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeCharles Darwin0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeCreator0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeIn0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeAmerican0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeAsa Gray0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to Darwin and the IchneumonidaeDarwin0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to External linksLong Family Description Many0.60section
Ichneumonidaerelated to External linksJohn Curtis British EntomologyFauna0.60section

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