The Ichneumonoidea are insects classified in the hymenopteran suborder Apocrita. The superfamily is made up of the ichneumon wasps (sometimes inaccurately called `ichneumon flies`); family Ichneumonidae and the braconids (family Braconidae). Like other parasitic wasps, they were long placed in the `Parasitica`, variously considered as an infra...
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Ichneumonoidea is a super-family of insects of the sub-order Apocrita, order Hymenoptera distinguished by an areole on the fore wing and deposit their eggs either in or on the bodies, eggs, or larvae of other insects. These apparently insignificant creatures confer inestimable benefits on man, as they destroy hosts of insects injurious to crops.
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