Venturia (wasp)

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 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.

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