Coelichneumon Thomson, 1893
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Coelichneumon biguttorius
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Coelichneumon comitator
an ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 29 images
Coelichneumon cyaniventris
an ichneumon wasp
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 33 images
Coelichneumon desinatorius
an ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 16 images
Coelichneumon litoralis
an ichneumon
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 		Species 30 images
Coelichneumon orbitator
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCoelichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

*C. Orbitator* Group

Horstmann, K. 2002 Über einige mit Coelichneumon orbitator (THUNBERG, 1824) nah verwandte Arten (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 23 (6): 73-84.

Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Protichneumonini of Great Britain and Ireland https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm
Riedel, M. 2012 Revision der westpaläarktischen Arten der Gattung Coelichneumon THOMSON (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae) Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 44 (2): 1477-1611.

Regional/Japan

Riedel, M. & Watanabe, K. 2021 The genus Coelichneumon Thomson in Japan (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Zootaxa 4948 (4): 501-545.

Coelichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coelichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coelichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
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