Ichneumon (wasp)
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 |
Synonyms | |
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Ichneumon is a genus of parasitic wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.
Selected species
This genus include about 270 species:
- Ichneumon eumerus
- 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
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]
References
- ↑ "The British Journal for the History of Science V48:4". Cambridge University Press.
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