OXYTORINAE Thomson, 1883
(oxytorine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Oxytorus armatus
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Oxytorus luridator
a hymenopteran
Species 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyOXYTORINAE (oxytorine 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
Kolarov, J., Coruh, S. & I. Oxytorinae, a new subfamily for the Turkish fauna (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) .
van Rossem, G. 1990 Key to the genera of the Palaearctic Oxytorinae, with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 63 (23): 309-320.
van Rossem, G. 1988 A revision of palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part VII. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 131: 103-112.
van Rossem, G. 1987 A revision of Western Palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part VI. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 130: 49-108.
van Rossem, G. 1980 A revision of some Western Palaearctic Oxytorine genera (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Spixiana Supp. 4.

OXYTORINAE (oxytorine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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