Parasitoid wasps (or rather, one group of them called the Ichneumonidae) are the subject of one of Charles Darwin’s most famous quotations: “I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and ...

THERE appears to be no published record of oviposition by an insect in the body of another of its own species. This interesting phenomenon, however, occurs in Nemeritis canescens (Grav ...

Diapetimorpha introita (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is a native ectoparasitoid of Spodoptera spp. pupae. This parasitoid has been reared in the laboratory on an artificial diet devoid of any ...

/// Certonotus Kriechbaumer (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), un género Australiano por primera vez citado de América del sur. Certonotus, cuyas especies están concentradas en la Región Australiana y que ...

B road GR, S ääksjärvi IE, V eijalainen A, N otton DG (2011) Three new genera of Banchinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Central and South America. Journal of Natural History 45, 1311 - 1329. doi: ...

Charles Darwin was so troubled by the perceived cruelty of the Ichneumonidae that it led him to doubt the nature and existence of a creator. Penning his thoughts on May 22, 1860, in a letter to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 1, 2017) Ichneumonid wasps (family Ichneumonidae), are a widely distributed parasitoid wasp family within the order Hymenoptera. The name “ichneumonid” comes from Greek ...

The family Ichneumonidae comprises 42 subfamilies, with Microleptinae being one of the smallest. It contains a single genus, Microleptes, with 14 previously known species worldwide.