OPHIONINAE Shuckard, 1840
(ophionine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Enicospilus
a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 63 images 2 ident. refs
Eremotylus curvinervis
an ophionine ichneumon
Species 2 ident. refs
Eremotylus marginatus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 3 ident. refs
Heinrichiella obscura
an ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 23 images 1 ident. refs
Ophion
ophion wasps
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 		Genus 12 subtaxa 211 images 12 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyOPHIONINAE (ophionine 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
Brischke, C.G.A. 1880 *** Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West- und Ostpreussen - III Pimplariae & IV Ophionides ***(Superseded) Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig Vol 4: 108-210.
Gauld, I. & Wahl, D.B. Key to genera of New World Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) .
Gauld, I.D. 1978 *** Notes on the British Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Part 4. A revised key to species of the genus Ophion (Fabricius) ***(Superseded) Ent. Gazette Vol 29: 145-149.
Gauld, I.D. 1973 *** Notes on the British Ophionini (Hym. Ichneumonidae) including a provisional key to species. ***(Superseded) Ent. Gazette Vol 24: 55-65.
Townes, H.K. 1971 *** The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 ***(Superseded) Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.

OPHIONINAE (ophionine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OPHIONINAE (ophionine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for OPHIONINAE (ophionine ichneumon wasps)
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