Scambus Hartig, 1838
(a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Scambus annulatus-group a group of closely similar pimplne ichneumons	Species group	21 images
Scambus brevicornis a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species	33 images	1 ident. refs
Scambus buolianae a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species	51 images
Scambus calobatus a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species	28 images	2 ident. refs
Scambus cincticarpus a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species	30 images
Scambus euphrantae a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species	20 images
Scambus inanis a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species		2 ident. refs
Scambus nigricans a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species	41 images
Scambus signatus a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species		1 ident. refs
Scambus tenthredinum a pimpline ichneumon wasp	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Scambus (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
Tribe	Ephialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
Subfamily	PIMPLINAE (pimpline 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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
Scambus Inanis Group
	Horstmann, K.	2005	Über einige mit Scambus inanis (SCHRANK, 1802) nah verwandte Arten (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)	Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 26 (7): 101-116.

	Broad, G.	2015	Key to British Scambus species and males of similar genera Dec 2015
	Shaw, M.R., Jennings, M.T. & Quicke, D.L.J.	2011	The identity of Scambus planatus (Hartig, 1838) and Scambus ventricosus (Tschek, 1871) as seasonal forms of Scambus calobatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) in Europe (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae, Ephialtini)	Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 23: 55-64.
	Shaw, M.R.	2006	Notes on British Pimplinae and Poemeniinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with additions to the British List.	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 19: 217-238.

Scambus (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PIMPLINAE
(pimpline 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 Scambus (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Scambus (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Scambus is also a member of:

Identification Works

*Scambus Inanis* Group

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Scambus Inanis Group