Venturia (wasp)

Genus of insects

Venturia

Scientific classification
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]

* Venturia ahlensis Maheshwary, 1977
* Venturia altia (Morley, 1913)
* Venturia canescens (Gravenhorst, 1829)

## 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

Taxon identifiers

Venturia|

* Wikidata: Q20974264
* Wikispecies: Venturia (Campopleginae)
* AFD: Venturia
* BioLib: 67943
* BOLD: 70789
* BugGuide: 338854
* CoL: 8YSHF
* EPPO: 1VENUG
* Fauna Europaea (new): 90a4744a-2ac8-4861-b2ed-f4154d0a9f15
* GBIF: 1287171
* IRMNG: 1322635
* NBN: NHMSYS0000902022
* NCBI: 92443
* NZOR: c5edc7f6-4ad3-4842-ba39-907c8e14577b
* Open Tree of Life: 406292