Agrypon anomelas (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an anomalonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgrypon anomelas (an anomalonine ichneumon)
GenusAgrypon (a genus of anomalonine ichneumon wasps)
TribeGravenhorstiini (a tribe of anomalonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyANOMALONINAE (anomalonine 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., Fiedler K. & Baumgarten, H.-T. 1997 Zur Taxonomie und Bionomie einiger Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) als Parasitoide westpaläarktischer Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen Vol 46 (1/2): 2-7.

Agrypon anomelas (an anomalonine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agrypon anomelas (an anomalonine ichneumon)
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