Exephanes Wesmael, 1845
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

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Exephanes ischioxanthus
an ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 83 images 1 ident. refs
Exephanes occupator
an ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 33 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusExephanes (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine 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
Hinz, R. & Horstmann, K. 2000 Die westpaläarktischen Arten von Exephanes Wesmael (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Spixiana Vol 23 (1): 15-32.
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Exephanes https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

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

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Exephanes (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
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