Cryptini Kirby, 1837
(a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)

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Genus 1 ident. refs
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Genus 6 subtaxa 51 images 5 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 116 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 41 images 2 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Genus 5 subtaxa 157 images 4 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 35 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 4 subtaxa 102 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 20 images 1 ident. refs
Genus 2 ident. refs
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Genus 3 subtaxa 31 images 4 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 26 images 2 ident. refs
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Genus 4 subtaxa 130 images 2 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 27 images 2 ident. refs
Genus 2 ident. refs
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Species 26 images 1 ident. refs
Species 3 ident. refs
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Genus 4 subtaxa 133 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 44 images 1 ident. refs
Species 2 ident. refs
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Species 30 images
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Genus 3 subtaxa 134 images 3 ident. refs
Species 2 ident. refs
Species 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeCryptini (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
Jonaitis, V.P. 1981 Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Subfamily Gelinae A guide to the insects of the European part of the USSR Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. (Opredelitel nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR) Vol 129: 175-274.
Schwarz, M. & Fitton, M. 2019 Cryptini draft keys
Schwarz, M. & Shaw, M.R. 1998 Western Palaearctic Cryptinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the National Museums of Scotland, with nomenclatural changes, taxonomic notes, rearing records and special reference to the British check list. Part 1. Tribe Cryptini Ent. Gazette Vol 49: 101-127.

Cryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
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