Dimophora nitens (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDimophora nitens (a hymenopteran)
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
Klopfstein, S. 2016 Nine new species of Dimophora from Australia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): new insights on the distribution of a poorly known genus of parasitoid wasps Austral Entomology Vol 55 (2): 185-207.
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).

Dimophora nitens (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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