Dichrogaster Doumerc, 1855
(a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)

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Dichrogaster aestivalis
a phygadeuontine ichneumon
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDichrogaster (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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
Horstmann, K. 1976 Nachträg zur Revisionen der europäischen Dichrogaster-Arten (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen Vol 28: 55-61.
Horstmann, K. 1973 *** Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Dichrogaster DOUMERC (Hym. Ichneumonidae) ***(Superseded) Ent. scand. Vol 4: 65-72.
Townes, H. 1983 Revision of twenty genera of Gelini (Ichneumonidae) Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 35: 1-281.

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

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