Limonethe is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about five described species in Limonethe.[1][2][3][4][5] They can be distinguished from similar genera based on the nearly square-shaped areolet and the large and dense punctures on the post-petiole. Many also have infuscated wings, a red abdomen, black head and mesosoma with narrow white markings along the inner eye margins. Limonethe occurs in the New World from Canada to Argentina.
| Limonethe | |
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| Limonethe maurator | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Tribe: | Ichneumonini |
| Genus: | Limonethe Townes, 1946 |
Species
editThese five species belong to the genus Limonethe:
- Limonethe annulicornis (Ashmead, 1895) c
- Limonethe beckeri (Costa Lima & Guitton, 1961) c g
- Limonethe maurator (Brulle, 1846) c g b
- Limonethe meridionalis (Cresson, 1865) c g
- Limonethe scutellata (Brulle, 1846) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[6] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Browse Limonethe". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ a b "Limonethe". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ a b "Limonethe Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Limonethe Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
Further reading
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Media related to Limonethe at Wikimedia Commons- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- Heinrich, Gerd (1961). "Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with Particular Reference to the Northeastern Region (Hymenoptera): Part V Synopsis of the Ichneumonini: Genera Protopelmus, Patrocloides, Probolus, Stenichneumon, Aoplus, Limonethe, Hybophorellus, Rubicundiella, Melanichneumon, Stenobarichneumon, Platylabops, Hoplismenus, Hemihoplis, Trogomorpha". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 93 (S26): 511–671. doi:10.4039/entm9326fv.
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