CTENOPELMATINAE Förster, 1869
(ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Ctenopelmatini
a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons
Tribe 3 subtaxa 5 ident. refs
Euryproctini
a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)
 		Tribe 12 subtaxa 262 images 14 ident. refs
Mesoleiini
a tribe of hymenopterans
Female (Click to open)
 		Tribe 21 subtaxa 192 images 29 ident. refs
Mesoleiini sensu Förster, 1869
a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons
Tribe 1 ident. refs
Perilissini
a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)
 		Tribe 10 subtaxa 193 images 11 ident. refs
Pionini
a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)
 		Tribe 8 subtaxa 72 images 11 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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
Ely, W. developing key to Ctenopelmatinae V3
Townes, H.K. 1970 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 13: 1-307.

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