South African Ichneumonidae

Five hundred and seventeen species of an estimated total richness of 3230 species have been recorded from South Africa, i.e. only 16% of the species are known to science.

• Family: Ichneumonidae

  • Subfamily: Acaenitinae

  • Subfamily: Anomaloninae

  • Subfamily: Banchinae

  • Subfamily: Campopleginae

  • Subfamily: Cremastinae

  • Subfamily: Cryptinae

  • Subfamily: Ctenopelmatinae

  • Subfamily: Diplazontinae

  • Subfamily: Ichneumoninae

  • Subfamily: Mesochorinae

  • Subfamily: Metopiinae

  • Subfamily: Ophioninae

  • Subfamily: Orthocentrinae

  • Subfamily: Pimplinae

  • Subfamily: Sisyrostolinae

  • Subfamily: Tersilochinae

  • Subfamily: Tryphoninae

  • Subfamily: Xoridinae

Reference

Yu D.S., van Achterberg, K., Horstmann, K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad. www.taxapad.com

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

The development of bioinformatics pages (accessible through the checklist) for South African ichneumonid species was funded by SABIF (South African Biodiversity Information Facility) through the South African National Research Foundation and by an International Science Liaison research grant (GUN 2068865) received from the National Research Foundation (South Africa) in conjunction with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.