Aptesis cretata (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Aptesis cretata (a cryptine ichneumon)
Genus	Aptesis (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
Tribe	Aptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
Subfamily	CRYPTINAE (cryptine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Aptesis cretata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Schwarz, M.	2018	Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 2	Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 39 (1): 121-185.

Aptesis cretata (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Aptesis
(a genus of cryptine ichneumons)

Aptesini
(a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)

CRYPTINAE
(cryptine ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aptesis cretata (a cryptine ichneumon)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aptesis cretata (a cryptine ichneumon)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Aptesis cretata is also a member of:

Identification Works

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