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Venturia (wasp)

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Venturia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Venturia
Schrottky, 1902

Venturia is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Among the species in the genus are:[1]

Parthenogenetic reproduction

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Venturia canescens can produce haploid males from unfertilized eggs (arrhenotoky), a form of parthenogenesis.[2] 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Venturia Schrottky, 1902". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Beukeboom LW, Pijnacker LP. Automictic parthenogenesis in the parasitoid Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) revisited. Genome. 2000 Dec;43(6):939-44. doi: 10.1139/g00-061. PMID: 11195346
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