Xorides Latreille, 1809
(a genus of xoridine ichneumon wasps)

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ID refs
Xorides brachylabis
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Xorides filiformis
a xoridine ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 36 images 1 ident. refs
Xorides fuligator
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Xorides praecatorius
a xoridine ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 30 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusXorides (a genus of xoridine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyXORIDINAE (xoridine 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
Johansson, N., Hilszczanski, J. & Ødegaard, F. 2022 Revision of the Scandinavian species of Xorides Latreille, 1809 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae), with an illustrated key to the species of Northern Europe Ent. Tidskr. Vol 143: 183-222.
Varga, A. 2014 A review of the genus Xorides Latreille, 1809 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Xoridinae) in the Ukrainian Carpathians Journal of Insect Biodiversity Vol 2 (7): 1-9.

Subgenus *Moerophora*

Hilszczański, J. 2000 European species of subgenus Moerophora Foerster of Xorides Latreille (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae), with descriptions of two new species Insect Systematics & Evolution Vol 31 (3): 247-255.

Xorides (a genus of xoridine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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