ICHNEUMONOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

Interactions where ICHNEUMONOIDEA is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Major Coeloglossum viride Frog Orchid Asparagales: Orchidaceae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonoidea/Ichneumonoideabraconid and ichneumon parasitic waspsadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Coeloglossum viride/Coeloglossum viridefrog orchidflowerMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Harrap, A. & S., 2009Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd

ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic 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
Family 105 subtaxa 105 trophisms 189 references
Family 521 subtaxa 107 trophisms 1,253 references
Informal 39 subtaxa 8 trophisms 66 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ashmead, W.H. 1900 Classification of the Ichneumon Flies, or the superfamily Ichneumonoidea Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol 23: 1-220.

ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
American Entomological Institute Ichneumonid Morphology www.amentinst.org/GIN/morphology.php
Belshaw, R., Grafen, A. & Quick, D.L.J. 2003 Inferring life history from ovipositor morphology in parasitoid wasps using phylogenetic regression and discriminant analysis Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society Vol 139: 213-228.
Yu, D.S., Achterberg, C. van and Horstmann, K. 2016 Taxapad 2016 – World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution

Ecology

Wahlberg, E. & Solbreck, C. 2013 Hymenoptera flying over a boreal forest landscape Ent. Tidskr. Vol 134 (4): 163-171.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps):

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