Helictes Haliday, 1837
(a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

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Helictes borealis
an orthocentrine ichneumon wasp
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHelictes (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)
SubfamilyORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine 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
Aubert, J.-F. 1977 Revision des Ichneumonides Proclitus Foerst., Pantisarthrus Foerst., Aniseres Foerst. et Helictes Hal. Contribution รค l'etude des Hymenopteres parasites No. 103 Spixiana Vol 1 (2): 141-149.
van Rossem, G. 1987 A revision of Western Palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part VI. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 130: 49-108.

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

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