Cidaphus Förster, 1869
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

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Cidaphus alarius
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCidaphus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyMESOCHORINAE (mesochorine 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
Fitton, M.G. 1985 The British Species of Cidaphus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Ent. Gazette Vol 36: 293-297.
Watanabe, K. 2015 Notes on Three Japanese Species of the Genus Cidaphus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae) Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology Vol 21 (1): 61-64.

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

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