Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Ichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Ichneumon caloscelis
an ichneumon wasp
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Ichneumon exilicornis
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Ichneumon fuscatus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Ichneumon insidiosus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Ichneumon lugens
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Ichneumon stramentarius
an ichneumon wasp
Species 2 subtaxa 2 references
Ichneumon xanthorius
Tiger Ichneumon Wasp
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusIchneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hilpert, H. 1992 Zur Systematik der Gattung Ichneumon LINNAEUS, 1758 in der Westpalaearktis (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Supplement 6.
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. *** Ichneumon (males) ***(Superseded) https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. *** Ichneumon (females) ***(Superseded) https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

Ichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hinz, R. 1983 The biology of the European species of the genus Ichneumon and related species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Contributions of the American Entomological Institute Vol 20: 151-152.
Tereshkin, A. 2002 Faunistic review of the genus Ichneumon LINNAEUS, 1758 in Byelorussia Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 23 (4): 37-52.
Tschopp, A., Riedel, M., Kropf, C., Nentwig, W. & Klopfstein, S. 2013 The evolution of host associations in the parasitic wasp genus Ichneumon (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): convergent adaptations to host pupation sites BMC Evolutionary Biology Vol 13:74.

Hosts

Hinz, R. & Horstmann, K. 2007 Über Wirtsbeziehungen europäischer Ichneumon-Arten (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Spixiana Vol 30 (1): 39-62.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps):

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