CREMASTINAE Förster, 1869
(cremastine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Cremastus
a genus of cremastine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Dimophora evanialis
an ichneumon wasp
Species 2 ident. refs
Dimophora nitens
a hymenopteran
Species 2 ident. refs
Pristomerus
a genus of cremastine ichneumons
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 22 images 2 ident. refs
Temelucha
a genus of ichneumon wasps
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 61 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyCREMASTINAE (cremastine 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
Fitton, M.G. & Gauld, I.D. 1980 A review of the British Cremastinae (Hymeoptera: Ichneumonidae), with keys to species Ent. Gazette Vol 31: 63-71.
Townes, H.K. 1971 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.

CREMASTINAE (cremastine 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 CREMASTINAE (cremastine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CREMASTINAE (cremastine ichneumon wasps)
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