Zoophthorus Förster, 1869
(a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Zoophthorus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
Subfamily	PHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Zoophthorus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Horstmann, K.	1990	Neubeschreibungen einiger Schlupfwespen-Arten aus den Gattungen Mastrus Forster, Odontoneura Forster und Zoophthorus Forster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)	Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen Vol 42 (1/2): 1-14.

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

PHYGADEUONTINAE
(phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Zoophthorus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Zoophthorus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Zoophthorus is also a member of:

Identification Works

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