Ichneumoninae is a worldwide

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of the

parasitic wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causi ...

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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 ...

. Ichneumoninae are

koinobiont In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism ...

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endoparasitoids of

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. It is the second largest subfamily of Ichneumonidae, with 373

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

. Ichneumonines are often large, conspicuous colourful insects. They have a 5-sided areolet, a dorso-ventrally flattened abdomen, a short or absent sternaulus and the

clypeus The clypeus is one of the sclerites that make up the face of an arthropod. In insects, the clypeus delimits the lower margin of the face, with the labrum articulated along the ventral margin of the clypeus. The mandibles bracket the labrum, but ...

is truncate, exposing the labium. There are more than 420 genera and 4375 described species in Ichneumoninae. Ichneumoninae was formerly made up of 15 tribes, but research published in 2021 determined that the tribes Ceratojoppini, Clypeodromini, Compsophorini, Ctenocalini, Goedartiini, Heresiarchini, Ischnojoppini, Joppocryptini, Listrodromini, and Oedicephalini should be incorporated into

Ichneumonini Ichneumonini is a tribe of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are more than 350 genera and thousands of described species in Ichneumonini. See also * List of Ichneumonini genera These 357 genera belong to Ichneumonini, a trib ...

as junior synonyms. After these tribes were merged and two new tribes were added, Ichneumoninae consisted of 7 tribes, with Ichneumonini the largest by far with well over 300 genera. Some of the more common Ichneumoninae genera observed in

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are

Amblyteles ''Amblyteles'' is a genus of parasitic wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. Distribution ''Amblyteles'' is present in the Palearctic realm and Asia. Species *''Amblyteles armatorius'' (Förster, 1771) *''Amblyteles pealei'' Cockerell, 1927 � ...

Coelichneumon ''Coelichneumon'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. Genera * '' Coelichneumon abnormis'' * '' Coelichneumon afghanicus'' * '' Coelichneumon aglaotypus'' * '' Coelichneumon alaicus'' * '' Coelichneumon albicillus'' * '' ...

, Cratichneumon,

Ichneumon Ichneumon may refer to: * ''Ichneumon'' (genus), a genus of wasps * ''Ichneumon'', species of wasps in the family Ichneumonidae * Ichneumon, an alternative name for the Egyptian mongoose * Ichneumon (medieval zoology) In medieval literature, th ...

Limonethe ''Limonethe'' is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about five described species in ''Limonethe''. They can be distinguished from similar genera based on the nearly square-shaped areolet and the large and dense punc ...

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, and Vulgichneumon, all in the tribe Ichneumonini.

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