Aphanistes Förster, 1869
(a genus of anomalonine ichneumon wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAphanistes (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
Schnee, H. 2018 Key to the West Palaearctic species of Aphanistes Förster, 1869
Schnee, H. 2018 Typenrevision der von Hellén beschriebenen Anomaloninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) und Übersicht über die finnischen Arten Beiträge zur Entomologie Vol 68 (1): 151-175.

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

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