Definitions for ichneumonidae
ich·neu·monidae

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1. Ichneumonidae, family Ichneumonidaenoun

   ichneumon flies

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1. Ichneumonidae

   The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species currently described. However, this likely represents less than a quarter of their true richness as reliable estimates are lacking, along with much of the most basic knowledge about their ecology, distribution, and evolution. Ichneumonid wasps, with very few exceptions, attack the immature stages of holometabolous insects and spiders, eventually killing their hosts. They thus fulfill an important role as regulators of insect populations, both in natural and semi-natural systems, making them promising agents for biological control. The distribution of the ichneumonids was traditionally considered an exception to the common latitudinal gradient in species diversity, since the family was thought to be at its most species-rich in the temperate zone instead of the tropics, but numerous new tropical species have now been discovered.

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1. Ichneumonidae

   The Ichneumonidae are a family within the order Hymenoptera. Insects in this family are commonly called ichneumon wasps. Less exact terms are ichneumon flies, or scorpion wasps due to the extreme lengthening and curving of the abdomen. Simply but ambiguously, these insects are commonly called "ichneumons", which is also a term for the Egyptian mongoose; ichneumonids is often encountered as a less ambiguous alternative. Ichneumon wasps are important parasitoids of other insects. Common hosts are larvae and pupae of Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera. Over 60,000 species occur worldwide, with about 3,000 in North America - more than any other Hymenoptera family. The distribution of Ichneumonidae is one of the most notable exceptions to the common latitudinal gradient in species diversity because it shows greater speciation at high latitudes than at low latitudes. Charles Darwin discussed the Ichneumonidae with regard to his views on religion; see Darwin and the Ichneumonidae, below.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ichneumonidae in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ichneumonidae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ichneumonidae
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonidae
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ichneumonidae