CRYPTINAE Kirby, 1837
(cryptine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Aptesini a tribe of cryptine ichneumons	Tribe	26 subtaxa	494 images	40 ident. refs
Cryptini a tribe of cryptine ichneumons	Tribe	51 subtaxa	1,103 images	54 ident. refs
Nippocryptus a genus of cryptine ichneumons	Genus			1 ident. refs
Pycnocryptodes a genus of cryptine ichneumon	Genus			1 ident. refs
Sphecoctonus a genus of cryptine ichneumon	Genus			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subfamily	CRYPTINAE (cryptine 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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Schwarz, M.	2018	Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 2	Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 39 (1): 121-185.
	Schwarz, M.	2005	Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 1	Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 37 (2): 1641-1710.
	Townes, H.K.	1970	The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 2	Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 12: 1-537.
	van Rossem, G.	1969	A revision of the genus Cryptus Fabricius s. str. in the Western Palearctic region, with keys to genera of Cryptina and species of Cryptus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)	Ent. Tidskr. Vol 112: 299-374.
Brachypters
	Horstmann, K.	1993	Revision der brachypteren Weibchen der westpaläarktischen Cryptinae (Hymenoptera. lchneumonidae)	Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie 14: 85-148.

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

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 CRYPTINAE (cryptine ichneumon wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CRYPTINAE (cryptine ichneumon wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

CRYPTINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Brachypters

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