Chirotica maculipennis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChirotica maculipennis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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. 1983 Die westpaläarktischen Arten der Gattung Chirotica Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 4 (1): 1-33.

Chirotica maculipennis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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