Polysphincta Gravenhorst, 1829
(a genus of pimpline ichneumons)

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Polysphincta boops
a pimpline ichneumon
Species 1 ident. refs
Polysphincta longa
a pimpline ichneumon
Species 1 ident. refs
Polysphincta tuberosa
a pimpline ichneumon
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 		Species 49 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPolysphincta (a genus of pimpline ichneumons)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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)

Polysphincta (a genus of pimpline ichneumons) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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