Megastylus Schiødte, 1838
(a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

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Megastylus cruentator
an orthocentrine ichneumon
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 		Species 25 images
Megastylus flavopictus
an orthocentrine ichneumon
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 		Species 3 images
Megastylus pectoralis
an orthocentrine ichneumon
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 		Species 47 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMegastylus (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
van Rossem, G. 1983 A revision of Western Palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part IV. Genus Megastylus Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 4: 121-132.
van Rossem, G. 1974 *** The Gravenhorst, Schiodte and Foerster types belonging to the genus Megastylus Schiodte, 1838, with keys to the species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Microleptinae) ***(Superseded) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 117: 273-285 + Plate 1.

Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine 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 Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)
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