CAMPOPLEGINAE Förster, 1869
(campoplegine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Alcima orbitale
a campoplegine ichneumon
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 		Species 27 images
Bathyplectes
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 25 images 1 ident. refs
Callidora analis
a campoplegine ichneumon
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 		Species 24 images
Campoletis
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 115 images 3 ident. refs
Campoplex
a genus of campoplegine ichneumon wasps
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 119 images 10 ident. refs
Casinaria
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 38 images 3 ident. refs
Cymodusa
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 68 images 9 ident. refs
Diadegma
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 15 subtaxa 354 images 15 ident. refs
Dolophron pedellum
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Dusona
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 11 subtaxa 282 images 7 ident. refs
Echthronomas
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Enytus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
Eriborus
a genus of campoplegine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Hyposoter
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 7 subtaxa 182 images 6 ident. refs
Lathrostizus clypeatus
a campoplegine ichneumon wasp
Species 2 ident. refs
Lathrostizus lugens
a campoplegine ichneumon wasp
Species 3 ident. refs
Lemophagus
a genus of campoplegine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Leptocampoplex cremastoides
a campoplegine ichneumon
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 		Species 30 images
Macrus parvulus
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Meloboris
a genus of campoplegine ichneumon wasps
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 89 images 5 ident. refs
Nemeritis
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 27 images 4 ident. refs
Olesicampe
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 74 images 1 ident. refs
Phobocampe
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
Porizon
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
Genus 1 ident. refs
Pyracmon
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
Genus 1 ident. refs
Rhimphoctona
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 27 images 2 ident. refs
Scirtetes robustus
Jumping Bean Ichneumon
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 		Species 21 images
Sinophorus
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 48 images 4 ident. refs
Tranosema
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 ident. refs
Tranosemella
a genus of campoplegine ichneumons
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 42 images 5 ident. refs
Venturia
a genus of ichneumons
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Campopleginae (unidentified)
Unidentified Campoplegine Ichneumon Wasps
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 		Unidentified 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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. 2004 Bemerkungen zur Systematik einiger Gattungen der Campopleginae IV (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen Vol 56: 13-35.
Klopfstein, S. Online interactive key to Campopleginae genera of Europe app.xper3.fr/xper3GeneratedFiles/publish/identification/-1175855634011042400/mkey.html
Townes, H.K. 1970 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 13: 1-307.

CAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine ichneumon wasps)

A large subfamily of ichneumons with more than 350 species in the UK. They are a very difficult group with no recent monograph; even the experts shy away from identifying them.

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