Itoplectis melanocephala (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesItoplectis melanocephala (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusItoplectis (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribePimplini (pimpline ichneumon wasps s.s.)
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
Perkins, J.F. 1957 Notes on some Eurasian "Itoplectis", with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 323-326.

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

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