Tryphonini Shuckard, 1840
(a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Acrotomus lucidulus
an ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 17 images 1 ident. refs
Acrotomus succinctus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Cosmoconus
a genus of tryphonine ichneumons
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 108 images 1 ident. refs
Cteniscus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Ctenochira
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
Cycasis rubiginosa
a tryphonine ichneumon
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 		Species 45 images
Dyspetes arrogator
an ichneumon wasp
Species 4 ident. refs
Dyspetes luteomarginatus
a tryphonine ichneumon
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 		Species 55 images 3 ident. refs
Eridolius
a genus of ichneumon wasps
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 49 images 1 ident. refs
Erromenus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Excavarus apiarius
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Exenterus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Exyston
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Grypocentrus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Kristotomus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 31 images 1 ident. refs
Monoblastus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Neleges proditor
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Polyblastus
a genus of tryphonine ichneumons
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 50 images 1 ident. refs
Smicroplectrus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Tryphon
a genus of tryphonine ichneumons
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 		Genus 6 subtaxa 148 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeTryphonini (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

(Addendum)

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

() Kasparyan, D.R. (trans.: Chakravarthy, R.S.) 1981 Ichneumonidae (Subfamily Tryphoninae) Tribe Tryphonini Fauna of the USSR, New Series, No. 106, English translation edition, 388 + indexpp, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Kasparyan, D.R. 1973 Hymenoptera Vol. III Number 1. Ichneumonidae: Subfamily Tryphoninae: Tribe Tryphonini Fauna of the USSR, Vol.III, Number 1, Nauka Publishers, Leningrad
Kerrich, G.J. 1952 A review, and a revision in greater part, of the Cteniscini of the Old World (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) Vol 2: 307-468.

Exerentini

Kasparyan, D.R. 1990 Hymenoptera Vol. III Number 2. Ichneumonidae: Subfamily Tryphoninae: Tribe Exenterini, Subfamily Adelognathinae Fauna of the USSR, Vol.III, Number 2, Nauka Publishers, Leningrad

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

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