Cryptus Fabricius, 1804
(a genus of cryptine ichneumons)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Cryptus armator a cryptine ichneumon	Species	25 images	1 ident. refs
Cryptus moschator a cryptine ichneumon	Species	27 images
Cryptus titubator a cryptine ichneumon	Species	22 images
Cryptus tuberculatus a cryptine ichneumon	Species	32 images	1 ident. refs
Cryptus viduatorius a cryptine ichneumon	Species	51 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Cryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
Tribe	Cryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
Subfamily	CRYPTINAE (cryptine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cryptus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Schwarz, M.	2015	Zur Kenntnis paläarktischer Cryptus-Arten (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)	Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 47 (1): 749-896.
	van Rossem, G.	1969	A revision of the genus Cryptus Fabricius s. str. in the Western Palearctic region, with keys to genera of Cryptina and species of Cryptus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)	Ent. Tidskr. Vol 112: 299-374.

Cryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cryptini
(a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)

CRYPTINAE
(cryptine ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cryptus is also a member of:

Identification Works

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