Saotis Förster, 1869
(a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSaotis (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
Kasparyan, D.R. & Kopelke, J.-P. 2010 A Taxonomic Review of Ichneumon-flies (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Parasitoids of Gall-forming Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) on Salix Part II. Review of the Palaearctic Species of the Genus Saotis Förster with Description of Four New Species A Taxonomic Review of Ichneumon-flies (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Parasitoids of Gall-forming Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) on *Salix* Entomological Review Vol 90 (1): 235-266.

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

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