Cteniscus Haliday, 1832
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

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Cteniscus pedatorius
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCteniscus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeTryphonini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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
Kerrich, G.J. 1952 A review, and a revision in greater part, of the Cteniscini of the Old World (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) Vol 2: 307-468.

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

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