Sphecophaga vesparum (Curtis, 1828)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphecophaga vesparum (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 Sphecophaga vesparum (a cryptine ichneumon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Donovan, B.J. 1991 Life cycle of Sphecophaga vesparum (Curtis) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid of some vespid wasps New Zealand Journal of Zoology Vol 18 (2): 181-192.

Sphecophaga vesparum (a cryptine 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 Sphecophaga vesparum (a cryptine ichneumon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 44 images of Sphecophaga vesparum (a cryptine ichneumon)
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