Cratocryptus furcator (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCratocryptus furcator (a hymenopteran)
TribeAptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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
Habermehl, 1911 *** Revision der Cryptiden-Gattungen Cratocryptus C. G. Thoms. und Cubocephalus Ratzbg. unter Berücksichtigung einiger Gravenhorstschen und Thomsonschen Typen (Hym.) ***(Superseded) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 601-631.
Habermehl 1917 Superrevision der Cryptiden Gattung Cratocryphus C. G. Thoms, mit einer Tabelle zur Bestimmung der Arten (Hym.) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 61-64.

Regional/Nearctic

Townes, H. & Gupta, V.K. 1962 Part 4: Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Hemigasterini Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. No 2.

Cratocryptus furcator (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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