Phytodietus elongator Aubert, 1963
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhytodietus elongator (a hymenopteran)
GenusPhytodietus (a genus of diurnal tryphonine ichneumons)
TribePhytodietini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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
Kostro-Ambroziak A. & Di Giovanni, F. 2016 Phytodietus elongator AUBERT, 1963 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tryphoninae), a new species to Italy, and a key to the Italian species of the genus Phytodietus GRAVENHORST, 1829 Polish Journal of Entomology (Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne) Vol 85: 389-398.

Phytodietus elongator (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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