Ichneumonoidea
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The superfamily Ichneumonoidea contains one extinct and two extant families, including the two largest families within Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. The group is thought to contain as man
Megarhyssa greenei female
Early instar larvae on caterpillar
Later instar larvae
Final instar larvae building cocoon
Apocrita
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Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. It includes wasps, bees, and ants, and consists of many families. It contains the most advanced hymenopterans and is distinguished from Symp
Ichneumonoidea
…vein 2m-cu present and tubular. Parasitoidism evolved only once in the Hymenoptera during the Permian, leading to a single clade which contains the Apocrita and the Orussoidea, but has been secondarily lost multiple times. The Apocrita emerged from that clade during the Jurassic. Ichneumonoids are solitary…
Seleucus cuneiformis f
Vespula germanica Horizontalview Richard Bartz