Ichneumon (genus)
| Ichneumon | |
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| Ichneumon insidiosus – Male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ichneumoninae |
| Genus: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
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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 -
Ichneumon ultimus female -
Ichneumon mendax female
References
- ^ 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.