Lanugo (wasp)

Lanugo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Ichneumonoidea
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Genus:	Lanugo; Townes, 1962

Lanugo is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The name refers to the word lanugo, meaning soft, downy hair, due to the hair found on species within this genus.^[1] It differs from the otherwise similar genus Compsocryptus by its "moderately short, straight ovipositor rather than a longer upcurved one, axillus vein closer to anal margin of hind wing, front size of areolet narrower." ^[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Townes, Henry Keith; Townes, Marjorie (1962). "Ichneumon-flies of American north of Mexico: 3 Subfamily Gelinae". United States National Museum Bulletin. 216 (3): 1–602. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.216.1-3.
^ "Search all names, Results for "Lanugo"". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

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[towns1962-1] Townes, Henry Keith; Townes, Marjorie (1962). "Ichneumon-flies of American north of Mexico: 3 Subfamily Gelinae". United States National Museum Bulletin. 216 (3): 1–602. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.216.1-3.

[col2017-2] "Search all names, Results for "Lanugo"". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

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