CAMPOPLEGINAE Förster, 1869
(campoplegine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 25 images 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Species 24 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 4 subtaxa 111 images 3 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 4 subtaxa 55 images 10 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 38 images 3 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 3 subtaxa 52 images 9 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 15 subtaxa 333 images 15 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Genus 10 subtaxa 255 images 7 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 6 subtaxa 140 images 6 ident. refs
Species 2 ident. refs
Species 3 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 4 subtaxa 89 images 5 ident. refs
Genus 3 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 3 subtaxa 50 images 1 ident. refs
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
Genus 1 ident. refs
Genus 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 27 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 21 images
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 48 images 4 ident. refs
Genus 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 17 images 5 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Unidentified 22 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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
Horstmann, K. 2004 Bemerkungen zur Systematik einiger Gattungen der Campopleginae IV (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen Vol 56: 13-35.
Klopfstein, S. Online interactive key to Campopleginae genera of Europe fantasticstories.ch/campopleginae/
Townes, H.K. 1970 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 13: 1-307.

CAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine ichneumon wasps)

A large subfamily of ichneumons with more than 350 species in the UK. They are a very difficult group with no recent monograph; even the experts shy away from identifying them.

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