Tryphon Fallén, 1813
(a genus of tryphonine ichneumons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTryphon (a genus of tryphonine ichneumons)
TribeTryphonini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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
Fitton, M.G. 1975 A Review of the British species of Tryphon Fallén (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 110: 153-171.
() Kasparyan, D.R. (trans.: Chakravarthy, R.S.) 1981 Ichneumonidae (Subfamily Tryphoninae) Tribe Tryphonini Fauna of the USSR, New Series, No. 106, English translation edition, 388 + indexpp, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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

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