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Order Hymenoptera, Family Ichneumonidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Mottled Ichneumon Wasps in
subfamily Banchinae that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Their larvae are internal parasitic of caterpillars
and pupas of targeted host, usually Moths or Butterflies.
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- Ichneumon Wasps in subfamily Inchneumoninae can be distinguished with the
followings characteristic;
- - on the forewing usually with the quadrate
shaped areolet or absent,
- - forewing with a single bullae (unpigmented area of vein)
in 2m-cu (except tribe Phygadeuontini),
- - ovipositor long to very long,
- - antennae are with or without white band,
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- Banded Pupa Parasite Wasp
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- Leptobatopsis sp. body length 20mm
- The wasp is black in colour with white bands. The legs are reddish-brown.
On the forewing there is the quadrate
shaped areolet. Please check this page for more
information.
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- Black-banded Ichneumon Wasp
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- Lissonota sp. body length 20mm
- Most wasps in Phygadeuontinae look very similar as many of them are black in colour with white markings. Antenna are
often with white band. Photos were taken in Wishart bushland near Bulimba
Creek on Aug 2009. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Brown-banded Ichneumon Wasp
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- Lissonota sp., body length 15mm
- This wasp is reddish-brown in colours with white patterns. From it
white-banded antenna, we believed it is in the Phygadeuontinae subfamily but
cannot tell the species name. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 945.
- 2. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia - Gauld, I.D. 1984,
British Museum.
- 3. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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