Dirophanes Förster, 1869
(a genus of phaeogenine ichneumon wasps)

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Dirophanes fulvitarsis
a phaeogenine ichneumon
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 		Species 25 images
Dirophanes mysticus
a phaeogenine ichneumon
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 		Species 23 images
Dirophanes regenerator
a phaeogenine ichneumon
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 		Species 64 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDirophanes (a genus of phaeogenine ichneumon wasps)
TribePhaeogenini (phaeogenine 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
Schönitzer, K., Hower, E., Melzer, R.R. & Diller, E. 2006 Taxonomie und vergleichende Morphologie der Gattung Dirophanes FOERSTER, 1869 (Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Phaeogenini) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 95: 87-142.

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

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