Symplecis bicingulata (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSymplecis bicingulata (an ichneumon wasp)
SubfamilyORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine 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
Humala, A.E., Choi, J.-K. & Lee, J.-W. 2016 A review of the genera Gnathochorisis Förster and Symplecis Förster of South Korea, with notes on Korean orthocentrines (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) ZooKeys Vol 562: 85-104.
van Rossem, G. 1988 A revision of palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part VII. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 131: 103-112.

Symplecis bicingulata (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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