Picrostigeus Förster, 1869
(a genus of orrthocentrine ichneumon wasps)

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Picrostigeus debilis
a hymenopteran
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPicrostigeus (a genus of orrthocentrine ichneumon wasps)
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
Horstmann, K. 1994 Die europäischen Arten von Picrostigeus FÖRSTER (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen Vol 46 (3/4): 111-120.

Picrostigeus (a genus of orrthocentrine 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 Picrostigeus (a genus of orrthocentrine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Picrostigeus (a genus of orrthocentrine ichneumon wasps)
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