Agrothereutes aterrimus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgrothereutes aterrimus (a hymenopteran)
GenusAgrothereutes (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Agrothereutes aterrimus (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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