Venturia (wasp)
Genus of insects
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Venturia is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Genus: | Venturia Schrottky, 1902 |
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Among the species in the genus are:[1]
- Venturia ahlensis Maheshwary, 1977
- Venturia altia (Morley, 1913)
- Venturia aurantia [2]
- Venturia biroi [2]
- Venturia canescens (Gravenhorst, 1829)
- Venturia contiguus [3]
- Venturia crassicaput (Morley, 1926) [2]
- Venturia inclyta (Morley, 1923) [3]
- Venturia himachala Gupta & Maheshwary, 1977 [3]
- Venturia levocarinata [3]
- Venturia liuae [3]
- Venturia mortifera Vas, 2020[4]
- Venturia peringueyi (Cameron, 1906) [2]
- Venturia serpentina Maheshwary, 1977 [3]
- Venturia yunnanensis [3]
Parthenogenetic reproduction
Venturia canescens can produce haploid males from unfertilized eggs (arrhenotoky), a form of parthenogenesis.[5] Females may also produce diploid female offspring by thelytoky, a type of parthenogenesis that involves the production of female progeny in the absence of mating.[5]