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Limonethe
Sign in to saveLimonethe is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about five described species in Limonethe. 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyIchneumonidae
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Limonethe is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about five described species in Limonethe. 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.
==Species== These 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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net