Ctenopelma tomentosum (Desvignes, 1856)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCtenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
TribeCtenopelmatini (a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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. 2004 A Review of Palaearctic Species of the Tribe Ctenopelmatini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). The Genera Ctenopelma Holmgren and Homaspis Foerster Entomological review c/c of entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. Vol 84 (3): 332-357.
Sun, S.-P., Li, T., Sheng, M.-L., & Gao, C. 2019 The species of Ctenopelma Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from China European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 545: 1-31.

Ctenopelma tomentosum (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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