Ichneumonoidea

Neoxoridini

Belongs within: Pimplinae. The Neoxoridini are a group of ichneumon wasps parasitic on wood-boring beetle larvae. The genus Eugalta has tarsal claws curved to a right angle and apically truncate except the inner claw of the hind leg. Characters (Wahl & Gauld 1998, as Poemeniini): Apical margin of clypeus without median tubercle; clypeus small and subrectangular, or… Continue reading Neoxoridini

Alomyini

Belongs within: Ichneumoninae. Big-cheeked mummy-makers Published 13 February 2026 The ichneumons are well recognised as one of the most diverse families of wasps in the modern world, and there has mostly been little debate over what is and is not an ichneumon. The question of subdividing the ichneumons, however, is a different matter. The Alomyini are… Continue reading Alomyini

Ichneumonidae

Belongs within: Ichneumonoidea.Contains: Xoridinae, Phytodietini, Tersilochinae, Banchini, Glyptini, Atrophini, Oxytorinae, Scolobatini, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Cremastinae, Ophioninae, Campoplegini, Gravenhorstiini, Anomalon, Labeninae, Orthocentrus, Pimplinae, Diplazontinae, Acaenitinae, Phygadeuontinae, Cryptinae, Ichneumoninae. The Ichneumonidae, ichneumon wasps, are a diverse group of elongate-bodied parasitoid wasps, often with a strongly exserted ovipositor in females. The majority of species attack larvae of holometabolous insects though some species… Continue reading Ichneumonidae

Belongs within: Vespina.Contains: Ichneumonidae, Urosigalphini, Brachistinae, Macrocentrinae, Orgilinae, Euphorinae, Sigalphinae, Agathidinae, Cheloninae, Cardiochilinae, Microgastrinae, Aphidiinae, Rhyssalinae, Doryctinae. The Ichneumonoidea are a hyperdiverse group of parasitoid wasps, most of which are more or less slender-bodied with long, multi-segmented antennae bearing a short scape. Synapomorphies are modification of the pronotum with the prepectus fused to the posterior… Continue reading Ichneumonoidea

Rhyssini

Belongs within: Pimplinae. The Rhyssini is a group of ichneumon wasps characterised by transverse rugae on the mesoscutum together with a cornute process on the hind end of the last visible tergite in females (Gauld 1984). The develop as parasitoids on wood-boring larvae of beetles and wood wasps; females have elongate ovipositors in order to… Continue reading Rhyssini

Phygadeuontini

Belongs within: Ichneumonidae.Contains: Paraphylax, Gelis. The Phygadeuontini are a diverse group of ichneumon wasps, most species of which are small with two bullae in the forewing vein 2m-cu. Some species have only a single bulla, but are also uniformly blackish with wings less than five millimetres in length (Gauld 1984). Ant-like ichneumons Published 15 March… Continue reading Phygadeuontini

Enicospilus

Belongs within: Ichneumonidae. Enicospilus is a cosmopolitan genus of ichneumon wasps, most diverse in tropical regions. They are commonly associated with disturbed habitats. Recorded hosts include moths of the families Noctuidae and Lymantriidae (Gauld 1984). Representatives are commonly characterised by more or less twisted mandibles, and detached sclerotised patches in the discosubmarginal cell of the… Continue reading Enicospilus

Heresiarchini

Belongs within: Ichneumonidae. The Heresiarchini are a cosmopolitan group of large ichneumons in which the propodeal ‘boss’ is formed from the entire area superomedia and the strongest carinae radiating back from it are the ones separating the area dentipara from the areae postero-externa (Gauld 1984, as Protichneumonini). Members of the Eurasian genus Heresiarches have sickle-shaped… Continue reading Heresiarchini

Sigalphinae

Belongs within: Ichneumonoidea. The Sigalphinae are a cosmopolitan group of braconid wasps that develop as endoparasites of Lepidoptera (Achterberg 1993). The first metasomal tergite is immovably joined to the second in the Afrotropical genus Minanga but free in other genera. Characters (from Achterberg 1993): Scutellum with medio-posterior depression; fore wing with marginal cell short, acute… Continue reading Sigalphinae

Gravenhorstiini

Belongs within: Ichneumonidae. The Gravenhorstiini are a group of very slender ichneumon wasps that develop as parasitoids of Lepidoptera. They possess two spurs on the mid tibia and lack differentiated laterotergites on gastral segment 3 (Gauld 1984). <==Gravenhorstiini [Therionini]G84 |–TherionP93 | |–T. circumflexumP93 | `–T. morioG84 |–Perisphincter Townes 1961G84 | |–*P. tisiphone [=Agrypon tisiphone]G84 |… Continue reading Gravenhorstiini