Ctenopelma tomentosum (Desvignes, 1856)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Ctenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ctenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCtenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
TribeCtenopelmatini (a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ctenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kasparyan, D.R. 2004 A Review of Palaearctic Species of the Tribe Ctenopelmatini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). The Genera Ctenopelma Holmgren and Homaspis Foerster Entomological review c/c of entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. Vol 84 (3): 332-357.
Sun, S.-P., Li, T., Sheng, M.-L., & Gao, C. 2019 The species of Ctenopelma Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from China European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 545: 1-31.

Ctenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ctenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon):

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