Perilitus Nees, 1818
(a genus of death wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Perilitus (a genus of death wasps)
Tribe	Perilitini (a tribe of death wasps)
Subfamily	EUPHORINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
Family	BRACONIDAE (death 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)

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

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Haeselbarth, E.	2008	Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES 1818 3. Beitrag: Die Arten ohne ausgebildetem ersten Cubitus-Abschnitt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)	Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES 1818 Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 40 (2): 0113-1152.
Haeselbarth, E.	1999	Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES, 1818 2. Beitrag: Die Arten mit ausgebildetem ersten Cubitus-Abschnitt	Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES 1818 Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 89: 11-46.
Haeselbarth, E.	1998	Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES, 1818. 1. Beitrag: Die Perilitus falciger-Gruppe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)	Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES 1818 Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 19 (11): 197-208.

Perilitus (a genus of death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

EUPHORINAE
(a subfamily of death wasps)

BRACONIDAE
(death 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 Perilitus (a genus of death wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Perilitus (a genus of death wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Perilitus is also a member of:

Identification Works

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