ACAENITINAE Förster, 1869
(acaenitine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Arotes albicinctus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Coleocentrus croceicornis
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Coleocentrus excitator
an ichneumon wasp
Species 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyACAENITINAE (acaenitine 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. 1981 The British Acaenitinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Ent. Gazette Vol 32: 185-192.
Kolarov, Y. 1997 Pimplinae, Xoridinae, Acaeninae, Collyriinae Fauna Bulgarica, Vol 25, 300pp, Pensoft
Townes, H.K. 1971 *** The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 ***(Superseded) Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.
Varga, A. 2013 A review of the subfamily Acaenitinae Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Ukrainian Carpathians Biodiversity Data Journal e100: 1-19.

Regional/Nearctic

Townes, H. & M. 1960 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae 684pp, Smithsonian Institution

ACAENITINAE (acaenitine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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