Tersilochus Holmgren, 1859
(a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)
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. 1981 Revision der europäischen Tersilochinae II (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Spixiana Suppl. 4: 1-76.
Horstmann, K. 1981 Zwei neue Arten der Gattungen Phygadeuon Gravenhorst und Tersilochus Holmgren, die aus phytophagen Insekten an Disteln gezogen wurden (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Spixiana Vol 4(2): 153-158.

Parasitoids Of Oil-seed Rape Pests

Ulber, B., Williams, I.H., Klukowski, Z., Luik, A. & Nilsson, C. Parasitoids of Oilseed Rape Pests in Europe: Key Species for Conservation Biocontrol Ulber, B., Williams, I.H., Klukowski, Z., Luik, A. & Nilsson, C. Parasitoids of Oilseed Rape Pests in Europe: Key Species for Conservation Biocontrol, Biocontrol-Based Integrated Management of Oilseed Rape Pests

Tersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)
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