Xylophrurus tumidus (Desvignes, 1856)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXylophrurus tumidus (a cryptine ichneumon)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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
Paappanen, J. 2020 The genus Xylophrurus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Finland with a discussion on the status of X. dentatus (Taschenberg, 1865) Sahlbergia Vol 26(1-2): 24-28.
Vas. Z. 2015 New records of ichneumon wasps in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia with a key to the Western Palaearctic Xylophrurus species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Folia Entomologica Hungarica rovartani kozlemenyek Vol 76: 223-240.

Xylophrurus tumidus (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylophrurus tumidus (a cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xylophrurus tumidus (a cryptine ichneumon)
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