ADELOGNATHINAE Thomson, 1888
(adelognathine ichneumon wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyADELOGNATHINAE (adelognathine 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

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(Addendum)

Kasparyan, D.R. & Tolkanitz, V.I. 1999 Hymenoptera Vol. III number 3. Ichneumonidae: Subfamily Tryphoninae: Tribes Sphinctini, Phytodietini, Oedemopsini, Tryphonini (addendum), Idiogrammatini. Subfamilies Eucerotinae, Adelognathinae (addendum), Townesioninae Fauna of the USSR and neighbouring countries, Vol.III, Number 3, Nauka Publishers, Leningrad

Fitton, M.G., Gauld, I.D. & Shaw, M.R. 1982 The taxonomy and biology of the British Adelognathinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Journal of Natural History Vol 16: 275-283.
Kasparyan, D.R. 1990 Adelognathinae in Parasitic ichneumonids (Ichneumonidae) subfamily Tryphoninae: tribe Exenterini, subfamily Adelognathinae Fauna of the USSR, Vol.III, Number 2, Nauka Publishers, Leningrad
Townes, H.K. 1969 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 11: 1-300.

ADELOGNATHINAE (adelognathine 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 ADELOGNATHINAE (adelognathine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ADELOGNATHINAE (adelognathine ichneumon wasps)
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