Rhinotorus Förster, 1869
(a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Rhinotorus longicornis
a ctenopelmatine ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Rhinotorus similis
a ctenopelmatine ichneumon
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 		Species 25 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusRhinotorus (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribeMesoleiini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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
Reshchikov, A.V. 2016 A revision of the genus Rhinotorus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae), with descriptions of three new species and an illustrated identification key European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 235: 1-40.

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

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