Aethecerus Wesmael, 1845
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAethecerus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribePhaeogenini (phaeogenine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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
Diller, E. & Shaw, M.R. 2014 Western Palaearctic Oedicephalini and Phaeogenini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) in the National Museums of Scotland, with distributional data including 28 species new to Britain, rearing records, and descriptions of two new species of Aethecerus Wesmael and one of Diadromus Wesmael Ent. Gazette Vol 65: 109-129.
Diller, E., & Turrisi, G.F. 2015 Eine neue Aethecerus-Art aus der Toskana (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Phaeogenini) Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 47 (1): 263-268.

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

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