Orthocentrus Gravenhorst, 1829
(a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

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Orthocentrus cf marginatus
an orthocentrine ichneumon
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 		Species 63 images
Orthocentrus radialis
an orthocentrine ichneumon
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 		Species 32 images
Orthocentrus spurius
an orthocentrine ichneumon
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 		Species 56 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusOrthocentrus (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. 1976 Révision préliminaire des Ichneumonides Orthocentrinae européens EOS Vol 52: 7-28.
Humala, A.E., Lee, J.-W. & Choi, J.-K. 2020 A review of the genus Orthocentrus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) from South Korea Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 75: 15-65.
Khoramabadi, A.M. & Talebi, A.A. 2013 A study of the genus Orthocentrus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) in Gilan and Tehran provinces of Iran, with first records of seven species and one subspecies Appl. Ent. Phytopath. Vol 80 (2): 29-39.

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

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