TERSILOCHINAE Schmiedeknecht, 1910
(tersilochine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Aneuclis melanaria
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Aneuclis pumilus
a hymenopteran
Species 2 ident. refs
Astrenis
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Barycnemis
a genus of tersilochine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 41 images 5 ident. refs
Diaparsis
a genus of tersilochine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 28 images 2 ident. refs
Epistathmus crassicornis
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Gelanes
a genus of Tersilochine ichneumons
Genus 2 ident. refs
Heterocola linguaria
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Phradis
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 ident. refs
Phrudus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 ident. refs
Probles
a genus of tersilochine ichneumons
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 133 images 2 ident. refs
Pygmaeolus nitidus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Spinolochus laevifrons
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Tersilochus
a genus of tersilochine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 91 images 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyTERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine 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., Kolarov, J.A. 1988 Neue Tersilochinen-Arten aus Bulgarien (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Spixiana Vol 10 (3): 271-277.
Horstmann, K. 1981 Revision der europäischen Tersilochinae II (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Spixiana Suppl. 4: 1-76.
Horstmann, K. 1971 Revision der europäischen Tersilochinen 1 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatsammlung (Munchen) Vol 15: 47-138.
Khalaim, A.I. & Yurtcan, M. 2011 A survey on Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) species of Turkey, with a key to European genera Turk J Zool Vol 35 (3): 381-394.
Khalaim, A.I. Subfamily Tersilochinae Khalaim, A.I. Subfamily Tersilochinae, 32pp, Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5
Townes, H.K. 1971 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.

TERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine 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 TERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine ichneumon wasps)
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