Anisobas platystylus Thomson, 1888
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnisobas platystylus (an ichneumon wasp)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine 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
Heinrich, G.H. 1980

Contribution to the knowledge of the Western Palearctic species of Anisobas Wesmael

(lchneumonidae, lchneumoninae)

 Spixiana Vol 3 (3): 225-238.
Horstmann, K. 2007 Revision der westpaläarktischen Arten von Anisobas Wesmael, 1845 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 28(9): 93-116.
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Listrodromini of Great Britain and Ireland https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

Anisobas platystylus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anisobas platystylus (an ichneumon wasp)
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