''Macrojoppa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Ichneumonidae wasp.
Description
They are
parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s of
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...
and
Nymphalidae
Taxonomy
''Macrojoppa'' contains 46 described species, including the following:
* ''Macrojoppa blandita''
* ''Macrojoppa bogatensis''
* ''Macrojoppa concinna''
* ''Macrojoppa fascipennis''
* ''Macrojoppa inclyta''
* ''Macrojoppa violacea''
* ''Macrojoppa picta''
* ''Macrojoppa polysticta ''
* ''Macrojoppa pulcherrima''
* ''Macrojoppa scutellaris''
* ''Macrojoppa stapedifera''
* ''Macrojoppa subbifasciata''
* ''Macrojoppa rufa''
References
Insects described in 1898
Taxa named by Joseph Kriechbaumer
Ichneumoninae
Ichneumonidae genera
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