Sphinctini Förster, 1869
(a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)

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Sphinctus serotinus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeSphinctini (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
Kasparyan, D.R. & Tolkanitz, V.I. 1999 Hymenoptera Vol. III number 3. Ichneumonidae: Subfamily Tryphoninae: Tribes Sphinctini, Phytodietini, Oedemopsini, Tryphonini (addendum), Idiogrammatini. Subfamilies Eucerotinae, Adelognathinae (addendum), Townesioninae Fauna of the USSR and neighbouring countries, Vol.III, Number 3, Nauka Publishers, Leningrad

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

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphinctini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
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