Pleolophus Townes, 1962
(a genus of cryptine ichneumons)

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Pleolophus brachypterus
a cryptine ichneumon
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPleolophus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeAptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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
Sawoniewicz, J. 1988 Revision of some type-specimens of European Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera), 3 Annales zoologici Vol 41 (15): 481-490.

Brachypters

Horstmann, K. 1993 Revision der brachypteren Weibchen der westpaläarktischen Cryptinae (Hymenoptera. lchneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie 14: 85-148.

Regional/Nearctic

Townes, H. & Gupta, V.K. 1962 Part 4: Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Hemigasterini Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. No 2.

Pleolophus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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