Ephialtes manifestator (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEphialtes manifestator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusEphialtes (a genus of hymenopterans)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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
Horstmann, K. 2008 Revision der europäischen Arten von Ephialtes Gravenhorst, 1829, mit Bemerkungen zu weiteren holarktischen Arten (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 29 (9): 145-168.

Ephialtes manifestator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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