Ichneumon is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.
Ichneumon | |
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Ichneumon insidiosus – Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Subfamily: | Ichneumoninae |
Genus: | Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758 |
Synonyms | |
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Selected species
editThis genus includes about 270 species:
Cultural significance
editIn 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
edit- ^ "The British Journal for the History of Science V48:4". Cambridge University Press.