Checklist

Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) of the Canadian Prairies Ecozone

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15 February 2016
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Description

The parasitoid family Ichneumonidae is the largest family in the order Hymenoptera. This chapter provides a checklist of 1,160 ichneumonid species (299 genera) known from the Canadian Prairies Ecozone. The list is primarily drawn from literature records and also includes 35 newly recorded species from the ecozone. The number of species on the list is a vast underestimate of the number of ichneumonid species present, as many genera lack revisions and few biodiversity surveys have been conducted. Most species recorded from this ecozone are only known from the Nearctic region, but are not restricted to the Prairies Ecozone. Little is known about the ecology, habitat requirements, or host associations of most ichneumonid species, with 43% of the species on the checklist lacking any host records. Future research should include revisions of the many genera that have not been studied in the Nearctic region, as well as biodiversity surveys in prairie habitats, rearing of potential host species, and the creation of user-friendly identification resources.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Schwarzfeld M. D. 2014. Checklist for Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) of the Canadian Prairies Ecozone: A Review. http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/5r772nsm

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Biological Survey of Canada. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8cc9b37f-2fa2-4527-ab3f-ec220d9468f3.  Biological Survey of Canada publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canadensys.

Keywords

Checklist; Inventoryregional; Ichneumonidae; checklist; taxonomy; Canada; provinces; prairies; open data

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Marla Schwarzfeld
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Geographic Coverage

Canadian prairie provinces

Bounding Coordinates South West [49.29, -120.39], North East [60.83, -93.01]

Taxonomic Coverage

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Family Ichneumonidae

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Schwarzfeld M. D. 2014. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) of the Canadian Prairies Ecozone: A Review. In Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 4): Biodiversity and Systematics Part 2. Edited by D. J. Giberson and H. A. Cárcamo. Biological Survey of Canada. pp. 317-397. http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/9780968932179.ch9 doi:/9780968932179.ch9

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Alternative Identifiers http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/5r772nsm
8cc9b37f-2fa2-4527-ab3f-ec220d9468f3
http://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=acg-ichneumonidae