Helcostizus restaurator (Fabricius, 1775)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHelcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Sawoniewicz, J. 2003 Zur Systematik und Faunistik europäischer Ichneumonidae II (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Band 24 Heft 15: 209-228.

Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Broad, G.R. & Quicke, E.L.J. 2000 The adaptive significance of host location by vibrational sounding in parasitoid wasps Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol 267: 2403-2409.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 20 images of Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon)

A small cryptine ichneumon, easily recognised in the male by the swollen tyloids starting at flagellomere 10. The larvae are parasites of wood boring beetles, eg Pissodes.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Williams, D.J.M. & Langor, D.W., 2002Rearing, identification and biology of parasitoids and predators associated with Pissodes weevils in Canada.Information Report, 47pp, Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service - Northern Forestry Centre
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