Cremastus Gravenhorst, 1829
(a genus of cremastine ichneumon wasps)

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Cremastus pungens
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCremastus (a genus of cremastine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyCREMASTINAE (cremastine 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
Kolarov, J. 1997 A review of the Cremastinae of the Balkan peninsula, Turkey and Cyprus with zoogeographical notes Beiträge zur Entomologie Vol 47 (1): 169-199.
Šedivý J. 1970 Wespalaearktische Arten der Gattungen Dimophora, Pristomerus, Eucremastus und Cremastus (Hym. Ichneumonidae) Prirodovedne Prace Ustavu Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved v Brne (N.S.) Vol 4(11).

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

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