A Revision of the Ichneumonidae, Vol. 1: Based on the Collection in the British Museum; Natural History; Tribes Ophionides and Metapiides (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The distribution of these groups of the Ichneumonidae is entirely world - wide, as will be seen by the localities recorded With some care under each insect. But by far the largest and finest are from tropical South America, perhaps the least worked of all our geographical regions, and yet already the richest in the number of both its species and individuals. A large amount of beautifully preserved material collected by Mr. H. W. Bates, f.r.s. During his eleven years residence on the River Amazons (1848 has been awaiting investigation in the British Museum since that time; and an examination of this, as well as of very numerous specimens from literally all parts of the globe, has enabled me to bring forward a somewhat large proportion of apparently new species, with a few additional genera.

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