Phrudus Förster, 1869
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhrudus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine 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
Gauld, I.D. & Fitton, M.G. 1980 The British species of Phrudinae (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 115: 197-199.
Vikberg, V. & Koponen, M. 2000 On the taxonomy of Seleucus Holmgren and the European species of Phrudinae (Hymenoptera: lchneumonidae) Entomologica Fennica Vol 11: 195-228.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phrudus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phrudus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
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