ICHNEUMONIDAE Latreille, 1802
(ichneumon wasps)

Interactions where ICHNEUMONIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
cocoon is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Perilampus tristis a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Perilampidae Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a), Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Perilampidae/Perilampus tristis/Perilampus tristisa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Ichneumonidaeichneumon waspscocoon larva is endoparasitoid of cocoon

Author & YearTitleSource
Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 2 (a), 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
ACAENITINAE
acaenitine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 13 references
ADELOGNATHINAE
adelognathine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 5 references
Adelognathus
adelognathine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
AGRIOTYPINAE
caddis ichneumons
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 4 trophisms 7 references
ANOMALONINAE
anomalonine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 18 references
BANCHINAE
banchine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 14 subtaxa 4 trophisms 22 references
CAMPOPLEGINAE
campoplegine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 49 subtaxa 6 trophisms 117 references
COLLYRIINAE
collyriine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 5 references
CREMASTINAE
cremastine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 1 trophisms 15 references
CRYPTINAE
cryptine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 55 subtaxa 11 trophisms 110 references
CTENOPELMATINAE
ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 39 subtaxa 1 trophisms 76 references
CYLLOCERIINAE
cylloceriine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 6 references
DIACRITINAE
diacritine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 references
DIPLAZONTINAE
diplazontine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 15 subtaxa 37 trophisms 10 references
EUCEROTINAE
eucerotine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 4 references
Euceros
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 references
HYBRIZONTINAE
hybrizontine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 references
ICHNEUMONINAE
ichneumonine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 108 subtaxa 8 trophisms 254 references
LYCORININAE
lycorinine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 7 references
MESOCHORINAE
mesochorine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 1 trophisms 18 references
METOPIINAE
metopiine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 13 subtaxa 28 references
MICROLEPTINAE
microleptine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 references
NEORHACODINAE
neorhacodine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 references
OPHIONINAE
ophionine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 13 subtaxa 2 trophisms 31 references
ORTHOCENTRINAE
orthocentrine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 23 subtaxa 45 references
ORTHOPELMATINAE
orthopelmatine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 5 references
OXYTORINAE
oxytorine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 9 references
PHYGADEUONTINAE
phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 68 subtaxa 17 trophisms 148 references
PIMPLINAE
pimpline ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 37 subtaxa 9 trophisms 78 references
POEMENIINAE
poemeniinine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 9 references
RHYSSINAE
rhyssine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 11 references
STILBOPINAE
stilbopine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 references
TERSILOCHINAE
tersilochine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 19 subtaxa 4 trophisms 37 references
TRYPHONINAE
tryphonine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 26 subtaxa 1 trophisms 68 references
XORIDINAE
xoridine ichneumon wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 11 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Laboratoire: Insectes et environnement www.cthirion.eu/
Broad, G., Shaw, M.R. & Fitton, M.G. 2018 Ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): their classification and biology Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7, Part 12, 415pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Kasparyan, D.R. 1981 Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. (Opredelitel nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR) Vol 3 (3): 1-688.
Meier, N.F. 1933 Keys to Parasitic Hymenoptera (Family Ichneumonidae) of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries
Morley, C. 1912 *** A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) ***(Superseded) 4 volumes, 88+140+148+167pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Morley, C. 1903 *** Ichneumonologia Britannica: the Ichneumons of Great Britain ***(Superseded) 312+340+324+341+400pp, James H. Keys
Perkins, J.F. 1953 Notes on British Ichneumonidae with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 3: 103-176.
Prehn, N. & Raper, C. 2017 Beginner’s guide to identifying British ichneumonids http://www.nhm.ac.uk/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/identify-nature/british-ichneumonid-wasps-id-guide.pdf
Prehn, N. & Raper, C. 2016 *** Beginner’s guide to identifying British ichneumonids ***(Superseded)
Schmiedeknecht, O. 1904 Opuscula Ichneumonologica 2962pp
Storey, M.W. 04 Guessing Guide
Strobl, G. 1901 Ichneumoniden Steiermarks (und der Nachbarländer) Mitt. Naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark Vol 37: 132-257.
Wahl, D.B. 1993 Family Ichneumonidae Wahl, D.B., 1993. Family Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families

Nocturnal Species

Broad, G.R. 2012 Keys for the identification of British and Irish nocturnal Ichneumonidae http://nocturnalichs.myspecies.info/node/38

Photo Collections

Anon. BioLib: Ichneumonidae www.biolib.cz/en/gallery/dir2083/
Anon Členovci - arthropoda arthropoda.pavouci-cz.eu/
Knutsens, K. Karin Knutsens Fotogallery: Ichneumonidae www.knutsen.dk/main.php?g2_itemId=34081

Russian Far East

Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. (eds) 2007 Ichneumonidae A Key to the Insects of the Russian Far East Vol IV, Pt 5.

Subfamily Key

Perkins, J.F. 1959 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Part I, Ichneumonidae, keys to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae-1 Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VII. Part 2(ai), 116pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Ichneumon Sub-families ynu.org.uk/insects/parasitic%20wasps/%20Ichneumonoideae%20sub%20families
American Entomological Institute Ichneumonid Morphology www.amentinst.org/GIN/morphology.php
Bennett A.M.R., Cardinal S., Gauld I.D., Wahl D.B. 2019 Phylogeny of the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 71: 1-156.
Berthoumieu, V. 1897 Ichneumonides d’Europe et des pays limitrophes Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France Vol 65: 285-418, (Annee 1897) 254-256.
Broad, G.R. 2016 Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e9042: 1-647.
Gauld, I.D. 1991 Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. No 47.
Gross, P. 1993 Insect behavioral and morphological defenses against parasitoids Annu. Rev. Entomol. Vol 38: 251-273.
Heinrich, G.H. 1972 Zur Systematik der Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae IX. Eine Spaetlese (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 60: 80-101.
Herrich, G.J. 1935 Notes on Ichneumonidae (Hym.) new to or rare in britain; with a brief review of British lists published since 1915. Transactions of the Society for British Entomology: 33-46.
Horstmann, K. 2013 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XVII (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 103: 113-126.
Horstmann, K. 2012 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XVI Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 102: 105-115.
Horstmann, K. 2011 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XV Vol 101: 5-13.
Horstmann, K. 2010 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XIV Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 100: 119-130.
Horstmann, K. 2009 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XIII Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 99: 37-44.
Horstmann, K. 2008 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XII Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 98: 21-29.
Horstmann, K. 2007 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XI Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 97: 73-80.
Horstmann, K. 2006 Revisionen der von Kriechbaumer aus der Westpaläarktis und Zentralasien beschriebenen Ichneumonidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) Spixiana Vol 29 (1): 1-30.
Horstmann, K. 2006 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen - Arten X (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 96: 5-16.
Horstmann, K. 2004 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten VIII (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 94: 55-62.
Horstmann, K. 2002 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten VI (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 92: 79-91.
Horstmann, K. 2001 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten V (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 91: 77-86.
Horstmann, K. 2000 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten IV (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 90: 39-50.
Horstmann, K. 1999 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten III (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 89: 47-57.
Horstmann, K. 1998 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten II (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Braconidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 88: 3-12.
Horstmann, K. 1970 Ökologische Untersuchungen über die Ichneumoniden (Hymenoptera) der Nordseeküste Schleswig-Holsteins Oecologia Vol 4: 29-73.
Klopfstein, S. & Baur, H. 2011 Catalogue of the type specimens of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) in the Jacques F. Aubert collection at the Musée de Zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland Zootaxa 3081: 1-90.
Klopfstein, S., Santos, B.F., Shaw, M.R., Alvarado, M., Bennett, A.M.R., Dal Pos, D., Giannotta, M., Florez, A.F.H., Karlsson, D., Khalaim A.I., Lima, A.R.., Mikó, I., Sääksjärvi, I.E., Shimizu, S., Spasojevic, T., van Noort, S., Vilhelmsen, L. & Broad, G 2019 Darwin wasps: a new name heralds renewed efforts to unravel the evolutionary history of Ichneumonidae Entomological Communications 1 ec01006: 1-4.
O’Connor, J.P., R. Nash, R. & M. G. Fitton. M.G. 2007 A catalogue of the Irish Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) Occasional Publication, No 10, 318pp, Irish Biogeographical Society
Pratt, H.D. 1940 Studies on the Ichneumonidæ of New England (Hymenoptera) Part 1: The External Morphology of Arotes amœnus Cresson Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol 48 (2): 155-193.
Shaw, M.R., Kan, P., Kan-van Limburg Stirum, B. 2015 Emergence behaviour of adult Trogus lapidator (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Heresiarchini) from pupa of its host Papilio machaon L. (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae), with a comparative overview of emergence of Ichneumonidae from Lepidoptera pupae in Europe Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 47: 65-85.
Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies, 27pp, Ecology of Butterflies in Europe
Storey, M.W. 02 Fieldcraft
Storey, M.W. 03 Morphology
Varkonyi, G. & Roslin, T. 2013 Freezing cold yet diverse: dissecting a high-Arctic parasitoid community associated with Lepidoptera hosts Canadian Entomology Vol 145: 193-218.
Wahl, D.B. & Gauld, I.D. Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae - Ichneumonid Morphology www.amentinst.org/GIN/morphology.php
Weiffenbach, W. 1988 Über einige aus Blattwespenlarven (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) gezogene Ichneumoniden (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges.: 103-107.
Wirta, H.K, Hebert, P.D.N., Kaartinen, R., Prosser, S.W., Várkonyic, G. & Roslina, T. 2014 Complementary molecular information changes our perception of food web structure Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol 111 (5): 1885-1890.

Ecology

Sawoniewicz, J. 1979

The effect of shrub layer on the occurrence of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) in pine stands on

different sites

 Memorabilia Zoologica Vol 30: 89-130.

Hibernation

Hancock, G.L.R. 1925 Notes on the hibernating of Ichneumonidae and some parasites of Tortrix viridana Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 61: 23-28.
Hancock, G.L.R. 1923 One some hibernating Ichneumonidae from the Cambridgeshire fens. Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 59: 152-158.
Penigot, W. 2020 Contribution à la connaissance des Ichneumonidae hivernants (Hymenoptera) de la forêt de Grésigne (Contribution to the knowledge of overwintering Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) of the Grésigne forest) Carnets natures Vol 7: 31-39.
Rasnitsyn, A.P. 1964 Overwintering of ichneumon-flies (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomological Review Vol 38 (3): 491-498.
Rasnitsyn, A.P. 1964 Overwintering of ichneumon-flies (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie Vol 43 (1): 46-51.
Sebald, H., Bauer, R., Schonitzer, K. & Diller, E. 2000 Ichneumonidae, die als Imagines überwintern (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 21 (24): 285-292.
Verheyde, F. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2022 Review of adult diapause in ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 91: 185-208.

Hosts

Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1957 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 3: records of Tachinidae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Eulophidae and Scelionidae (Hym.) Ent. Gazette 8: 181-189.
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1955 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.) Ent. Gazette 6: 168-174.

Regional Lists

Bignell, G.C. 1898 The Ichneumonidae (parasitic flies) of the south of Devon: part I Ichneumonidae Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art Vol 30: 458-504.
Ely, W.A. 2023 Yorkshire Ichneumons Pt 15 W.A. Ely The Naturalist Vol 148: 50-62.

Regional/Belgium

Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Regional

Gauld, I.D. 1984 An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia (with a contribution on Metopiinae by M. G. Fitton) Publication No. 895, 416pp, British Museum (Natural History)

Regional/Germany

Riedel, M., Humala, A.E., Schwarz, M, Schnee, H. & Schmidt, S. 2021 Checklist of the Ichneumonidae of Germany (Insecta, Hymenoptera) Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e64267: 1-45.

Regional

Riedel, M. & Japoshvili, G. 2021 New records of Ichneumonidae from Northwestern Sakartvelo (Georgia), with additions to the fauna of Lagodekhi reserve Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 53 (1): 241-288.

Spider Parasitoids And Hyperparasitoids

Finch, O.D. 2005 The parasitoid complex and parasitoid-induced mortality of spiders (Araneae) in a Central European woodland Journal of Natural History Vol 39 (25): 2339-2354.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps):

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