Coleocentrus excitator (Poda, 1761)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Coleocentrus excitator (an ichneumon wasp)
Subfamily	ACAENITINAE (acaenitine 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)

Coleocentrus excitator is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Riedel, M., Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F.	2013	Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 11. Nachträge und Korrekturen	Carolinea Vol 71: 25-53.
Shaw, M.R. & Lyszkowski, R.M.	2019	A second British specimen of Coleocentrus excitator (Poda) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Acaentinae) from Scotland.	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 32: 327-329.
Shaw, M.R.	1986	Coleocentrus excitator (Poda) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) new to Britain	Ent. Gazette Vol 37: 221-224.
Varga, A.	2013	A review of the subfamily Acaenitinae Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Ukrainian Carpathians	Biodiversity Data Journal e100: 1-19.

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

ACAENITINAE
(acaenitine 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 Coleocentrus excitator (an ichneumon wasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coleocentrus excitator (an ichneumon wasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Coleocentrus excitator is also a member of:

Identification Works

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