Pristomerus Curtis, 1836
(a genus of cremastine ichneumons)

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Pristomerus vulnerator
a cremastine ichneumon
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPristomerus (a genus of cremastine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCREMASTINAE (cremastine 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. 1990 Die westpalaarktischen Arten der Gattung Pristomerus Curtis,1836 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 11 (2): 9-44.
Šedivý J. 1970 Wespalaearktische Arten der Gattungen Dimophora, Pristomerus, Eucremastus und Cremastus (Hym. Ichneumonidae) Prirodovedne Prace Ustavu Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved v Brne (N.S.) Vol 4(11).

Pristomerus (a genus of cremastine 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 Pristomerus (a genus of cremastine ichneumons)
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