Meringopus Förster, 1869
(a genus of cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMeringopus (a genus of cryptine ichneumon)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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
Schwarz, M. 2005 Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 1 Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 37 (2): 1641-1710.
van Rossem, G. 1969 A study of the genus Meringopus Foerster in Europe and of some related species from Asia (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) Ent. Tidskr. Vol 112: 165-196.

Meringopus (a genus of cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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