Ichneumon (genus)
| Ichneumon | |
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| 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 |
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Ichneumon is a genus of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
Selected species
This genus include about 270 species:
- 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
- In the eighteenth century it 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
- ↑ "The British Journal for the History of Science V48:4". Cambridge University Press.
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