Rhembobius Förster, 1869
(tongue ichneumons)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Rhembobius bifrons Tongue-less Tongue Ichneumon	Species	30 images
Rhembobius perscrutator Black Tongue Ichneumon	Species	50 images	2 ident. refs
Rhembobius quadrispinus Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon	Species	32 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons)
Tribe	Aptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
Subfamily	CRYPTINAE (cryptine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Rhembobius is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Horstmann, K.	2000	Die westpaläarktischen Arten von Ethelurgus Forster, 1869 und Rhembobius Forster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae	Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 21 (8): 65-76.
Regional/Nearctic
	Townes, H. & Gupta, V.K.	1962	Part 4: Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Hemigasterini	Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. No 2.

Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Aptesini
(a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)

CRYPTINAE
(cryptine ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Rhembobius is also a member of:

Identification Works

Regional/Nearctic

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