Ctenochira Förster, 1855
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Ctenochira breviseta
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Ctenochira pastoralis
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCtenochira (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
() Kasparyan, D.R. (trans.: Chakravarthy, R.S.) 1981 Ichneumonidae (Subfamily Tryphoninae) Tribe Tryphonini Fauna of the USSR, New Series, No. 106, English translation edition, 388 + indexpp, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Kasparyan, D.R. 2013 Description of New Species of the Genus Ctenochira Förster, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from the Eurasian Subarctic Subzone and Siberia, with Remarks on the Ichneumonid Fauna of the Chukchi Peninsula Entomological Review Vol 93 (9): 1155–1178.

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

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