Suborder Apocrita Scientific name Ichneumoninae Higher classification Ichneumon wasps Order Hymenopterans | Subphylum Hexapoda Superfamily Ichneumonoidea Rank Subfamily | |
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Tribe AlomyiniCallajoppiniCtenocaliniEurylabiniGoedartiiniHeresiarchiniIchneumoniniJoppocryptiniListrodrominiOedicephaliniPlatylabiniZimmerini Lower classifications Coelichneumon, Ichneumon | ||
Ichneumoninae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
Ichneumoninae are koinobiont or idiobiont endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera.This is the second largest subfamily of Ichneumonidae with 373 genera. Ichneumonines are often large, conspicuous colourful insects.They have a 5-sided areolet,a dorso-ventrally flattened abdomen, a long sternaulus and the clypeus is truncate exposing the labium.
Selected genera
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