Exetastes Gravenhorst, 1829
(a genus of banchine ichneumons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusExetastes (a genus of banchine ichneumons)
TribeBanchini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine 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
Rey, C. 1987 Contribución al conocimiento del género Exetastes GRAVENHORST, 1829 en la España peninsular y Baleares. (Hym. Ichneumonidae) EOS Vol 63: 241-268.
Riedel, M. 2023 The genus Exetastes GRAVENHORST in the West Palaearctic region, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae) Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 55 (2): 641-692.

Near East, Central Asia And Mongolia

Riedel, M. 2015 Die paläarktischen Arten der Gattung Exetastes GRAVENHORST, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae) des Biologiezentrums Linz, Austria Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 47 (2): 1467-1500.

Exetastes (a genus of banchine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Exetastes (a genus of banchine ichneumons)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Exetastes (a genus of banchine ichneumons)
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