Parania geniculata (Holmgren, 1857)
(an anomalonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Parania geniculata (an anomalonine ichneumon)
Tribe	Gravenhorstiini (a tribe of anomalonine ichneumons)
Subfamily	ANOMALONINAE (anomalonine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Parania geniculata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
Photographs
	Scaramozzino P.L., Di Giovanni F., Loni A., Ricciardi R. & Lucchi A.	2018	Updated list of the insect parasitoids (Insecta, Hymenoptera) associated with Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) in Italy. 2. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Anomaloninae and Campopleginae	ZooKeys Vol 772: 47-95.

Parania geniculata (an anomalonine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ANOMALONINAE
(anomalonine ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Parania geniculata (an anomalonine ichneumon)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Parania geniculata (an anomalonine ichneumon)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Parania geniculata is also a member of:

Identification Works

Photographs

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