Barichneumon praeceptor (Thunberg, 1824)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBarichneumon praeceptor (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusBarichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
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
Selfa, J., Bordera, S. & Jimenez, R. 1988 Nuevas aportaciones al conocimiento de la subfamilia Ichneumoninae en España, II. Tribu Ichneumonini (Hym. Ichneumonidae) EOS T 64: 243-255.
Tereshkin, A.M. 2004 Ichneumon flies of the genus Barichneumon (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of East Europe forest zone. 1. Taxonomy. Description of Barichneumon scopanator sp.n. and В. scopulatus sp.n. Euroasian Entomological Journal Vol 3 (2): 139-150.

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

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