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Kinds

Coelichneumon pulcher Coelichneumon punctifer

Natural history

Coelichneumon is a genus level of the Ichneumoninae parasitic wasps. This genus name has been controversial since 1951. The controversy revolves around the genus name Coelichneumon Thomson or the genus name Ichneumon Linnaeus (Heinrich, 1977). For example, Coelichneumon eximius was first identified in the Ichneumon genus and then was transferred into the Coelichneumon genus. The Coelichneumon genus is an endoparasitoid of Lepidoptera. Lepidoptera is the scientific name for butterflies and moths. These wasps can either be koinoboints or idiobionts. Koinobionts let the host live and develop further before it kills the host. This is opposed to an idiobiont that immediately causes death to the host. Coelichneumon is fairly widespread throughout the world. It can be found anywhere from Canada to the Orient to Panama (Heinrich, 1977).

References

Burks, B.D., Paul D. Hurd, Jr. Karl V. Krombein, and David P. Smith. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C. Heinrich, Gerd H. 1977. Ichneumoninae of Florida and Neighboring States. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Gainsville, Florida. Yu, Dicky S. and Klaus Horstmann. (1997). A Catalogue of World Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). The American Entomological Institute. Gainesvillel, Florida.

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to Dr. Pickering, Elizabeth Skillen, Ryan Bartlett, and Bryan McLucas for their help and expertise.

Updated: 2009-11-22 03:43:23 gmt

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