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Table 2 Ichneumon species, their antennal shape and host pupation site

From: The evolution of host associations in the parasitic wasp genus Ichneumon (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): convergent adaptations to host pupation sites

Species

Antenna

Host pupation

Ichneumon albiger

short

below ground

Ichneumon alius

short

below ground

Ichneumon alpinator*

short

above ground

Ichneumon amphibolus

short

-

Ichneumon bucculentus*

short

below ground

Ichneumon caloscelis#

long

above ground

Ichneumon cf. gracilicornis

long

above ground

Ichneumon computatorius

short

below ground

Ichneumon confusor

short

below ground

Ichneumon delator

-

-

Ichneumon dilleri

short

-

ichneumon emancipatus

long

-

Ichneumon extensorius

short

below ground

Ichneumon formosus microcephalus*

long

above ground

Ichneumon fulvicornis*#

long

below ground

Ichneumon gracilentus*

short

below ground

Ichneumon gracilicornis

long

above ground

Ichneumon grandicornis

short

below ground

Ichneumon ignobilis

short

-

Ichneumon inquinatus

short

below ground

Ichneumon karpaticus

short

-

Ichneumon ligatorius

short

below ground

Ichneumon lugens

short

above ground

Ichneumon minutorius

long

above ground

Ichneumon oblongus

short

-

Ichneumon oblongus picticollis

short

-

Ichneumon parengensis

short

-

Ichneumon primatorius*

long

above ground

Ichneumon pseudocaloscelis*

short

above ground

Ichneumon simulans

short

-

Ichneumon simulans 2

short

-

Ichneumon spurius

short

-

Ichneumon stigmatorius*

short

above ground

Ichneumon stramentarius

short

below ground

Ichneumon stramentor

short

below ground

Ichneumon submarginatus

long

above ground

Ichneumon suspiciosus*

short

below ground

Ichneumon terminatorius

short

below ground

Ichneumon tuberculipes*

short

above ground

Ichneumon sp. 1

long

-

  1. *Species marked with an asterisk are known only from a single host species, and are thus potentially monophagous.
  2. #Ichneumon caloscelis and Ichneumon fulvicornis attack the larvae of their hosts, and the habitat of the last instar larvae are here given instead of the pupation site.