Aclastus Förster, 1869
(a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAclastus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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
Horstmann, K. 1993 Nachträge zu Revisionen der Gattungen Aclastus Förster, Ceratophygadeuon Viereck, Chirotica Förster und Gelis Thunberg (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen Vol 42 (1): 7-15.
Horstmann, K. 1980 Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Aclastus Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Polish Journal of Entomology (Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne) Vol 50: 133-158.

Aclastus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aclastus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aclastus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
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