Hoplocryptus Thomson, 1873
(a genus of cryptine ichneumons)

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Hoplocryptus bellosus
a hymenopteran
Species 2 ident. refs
Hoplocryptus confector
a cryptine ichneumon
Species 1 ident. refs
Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus
a cryptine ichneumon
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 		Species 31 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHoplocryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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
Schwarz, M. 2007 Revision der westpaläarktischen Arten der Gattung Hoplocryptus THOMSON (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 39 (2): 1161-1219.

Hoplocryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons) 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 Hoplocryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
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