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12 INSETOS DO BRASIL<br />

Bibliografia<br />

ASHMEAD, W. H.<br />

1901 - Classification of the Ichneumon flies, or the superfamily<br />

Ichneumonoi<strong>de</strong>a.<br />

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 23:220p.<br />

BERLAND, L.<br />

1951 - Superfamille <strong>de</strong>s Ichneumonoi<strong>de</strong>a.<br />

in Grassé - Traité <strong>de</strong> Zoologie 10(1):902-931, figs.<br />

829-860.<br />

BRULLÉ, G. A.<br />

1846 - Histoire Naturelle <strong>de</strong>s Insectes. Hyménoptères.<br />

Paris. Roret., 4:1 - VIII, 1-680, Atlas, ests. col.<br />

VIERECK, H. L.<br />

1918 - A list of families and subfamilies of ichneumon-flies or<br />

1919 -<br />

the superfamily Ichneumonoi<strong>de</strong>a.<br />

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 31:69-74.<br />

I<strong>de</strong>m, ibid., 32:48, 198.<br />

Família ICHNEUMONIDAE¹<br />

(Ichneumoni<strong>de</strong>s Latreille, 1812 (part.); Ichneumonida Leach,<br />

1815 (part.); Ichneumonites Newman, 1834; Parasitica Hartig, 1837<br />

(part.); Ichneumonidae Haliday, 1838; Westwood, 1840; Ashmead,<br />

1900; Handlirsch, 1925; Townes, 1951)².<br />

3. Caracteres, etc. - Os Icneumoni<strong>de</strong>os são vespas <strong>de</strong><br />

tamanho médio, em geral mais robustas que os Braconi<strong>de</strong>os.<br />

Há, porém, espécies pequenas, ou mesmo muito pequenas,<br />

com pouco mais <strong>de</strong> 1 mm <strong>de</strong> comprimento, e gran<strong>de</strong>s, algumas<br />

armadas <strong>de</strong> oviscapto também muito longo, como as do<br />

gênero Megarhyssa Ashmed, 1900 (= ThaIessa Holmgreen,<br />

1859, preoc.) (Pimplinae, Rhyssini).<br />

Em M. mortoni (Cresson, 1864), espécie Norte Americana,<br />

o comprimento total do corpo da fêmea, incluindo o ovipositor,<br />

po<strong>de</strong> atingir, segundo HARRINGTON (1822, Can. Ent.,<br />

82), cêrca <strong>de</strong> 15 cm.<br />

1 De <strong>de</strong> (ichneuma), seguidor da pista.<br />

2 V. Synoptic Catalog, <strong>de</strong> MUESEBECK, citada a pág. 322 do 11.° tomo <strong>de</strong><br />

Insetos do Brasil.

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