Lanugo is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The name refers to the Latin word lanugo, meaning soft, downy hair, due to the hair found on species within this genus. This genus differs from the otherwise similar genus Compsocryptus by its "moderately short, straight ovipositor rather than a longer upcurved one, axillus vein closer to anal margin of hind wing, front size of areolet narrower."
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Lanugo bicincta <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo brunnipennis <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo cesta <small>(Say, 1863)</small>
- Lanugo deserti <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo excincta <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo ferrugata <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo flavipennis <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo fraternans <small>(Cameron, 1885)</small>
- Lanugo hebetis <small>(Cameron, 1885)</small>
- Lanugo longuria <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo picta <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo polita <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo retentor <small>(Brullé, 1846)</small>
- Lanugo schlingeri <small>Townes, 1962</small>
- Lanugo sororia <small>(Cresson, 1872)</small>
- Lanugo yucatan <small>Kasparyan & RuÃÂz-Cancino, 2005</small>
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