Ischnus
Gravenhorst, 1829
Species Guides
3Ischnus is a of in the Ichneumonidae. The genus has an almost distribution, with records from Europe including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. -level is poorly documented; most available literature refers to the amphipod Echinogammarus ischnus, a taxonomically unrelated organism with a similar name. The genus contains at least three described species: Ischnus agitator, I. alpinicola, and I. coxalis.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Ischnus: //ˈɪs.knus//
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Distribution
Almost . Documented from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in Europe.
Similar Taxa
- Echinogammarus ischnusName similarity causes frequent confusion. Echinogammarus ischnus is a freshwater amphipod crustacean (order Amphipoda), not a . The two belong to different (Arthropoda but different subphyla) and have no biological relationship. Literature on 'E. ischnus' or 'ischnus' in freshwater contexts refers to this amphipod, not the ichneumonid Ischnus.
Misconceptions
The name 'Ischnus' is often conflated with 'Echinogammarus ischnus' in literature searches and databases due to shared epithet. The amphipod E. ischnus is a well-studied in North American and European freshwater systems, generating extensive literature that does not apply to the Ischnus. Care must be taken to distinguish these when reviewing sources.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Life History of Echinogammarus Ischnus (Stebbing, 1898) (Amphipoda) From Artificially Heated Lichenskie Lake (Poland)
- Life history characteristics of the invasive freshwater gammarids Dikerogammarus villosus and Echinogammarus ischnus in the river Main and the Main-Donau canal
- Life History of Echinogammarus Ischnus (Stebbing, 1898) (Amphipoda) From Artificially Heated Lichenskie Lake (Poland)
- First records and distribution of the invasive amphipod Echinogammarus ischnus (Stebbing, 1899) in the Illinois Waterway, USA
- Effects of Food Type, Habitat, and Fish Predation on the Relative Abundance of Two Amphipod Species, Gammarus fasciatus and Echinogammarus ischnus
- Distribution of the Ponto-Caspian Amphipod Echinogammarus ischnus in the Great Lakes and Replacement of Native Gammarus fasciatus
- Microhabitat selection by the invasive amphipod Echinogammarus ischnus and native Gammarus fasciatus in laboratory experiments and in Lake Erie
- Density and Distribution of Amphipods in Oneida Lake, New York, after the Introduction of the Exotic AmphipodEchinogammarus ischnus
- The Influence of Anthropogenic Disturbance and Environmental Suitability on the Distribution of the Nonindigenous Amphipod, Echinogammarus ischnus, at Laurentian Great Lakes Coastal Margins
- The genome sequence of the ichneunomid wasp, Ischnus inquisitorius (Muller, 1776) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).