Exeristes roborator (Fabricius, 1793)
(a pimpline ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExeristes roborator (a pimpline ichneumon)
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
László, Z., Prázsmári, H. & Kelemen, T.I. 2016 Exeristes roborator (Fabricius, 1793) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the parasitoid community of Diplolepis galls in the Carpathian Basin Folia Entomologica Hungarica rovartani kozlemenyek Vol 77: 79-85.
Varga, O. 2017 A review of the genus Exeristes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Carpathians, with an illustrated key to Western Palearctic species. Vestnik Zoologii Vol 51 (1): 9-14.
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.
Wardle, A.R. 1990 Learning of host microhabitat colour by Exeristes roborator (F.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Animal Behaviour Vol 39 (5): 914-923.

Exeristes roborator (a pimpline ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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