Dacnusini Förster, 1863
(a tribe of death wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Chorebus
a genus of death wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Dacnusa
sheep-shears death wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 10 images
Laotris luzulae
a death wasp
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 		Species 3 images 1 ident. refs
Polemochartus
a genus of alysiine death wasps
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 20 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeDacnusini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death 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
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1984 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera): VII. Supplement The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 34 (2): 343-362.
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1968 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera): VI . The parasites of Cerodontha Rondani s.l. The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 18 (1/2): 63-152.
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1968 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera): V. The parasites of Liriomyza Mik and certain small genera of Phytomyzinae The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 18 (1/2: 5-62.
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1967 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) IV. The parasites of Hexomyza Enderlein, Melanagromyza Hendel, Ophiomyia Braschnikov and Napomyza Westwood The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 17 (5/8): 653-696.
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1966 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera): III. The parasites of Paraphytomyza ENDERLEIN, Phytagromyza HENDEL and Phytomyza FALLEN The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 16 (7/8): 775-951.
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1966 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera): II. The parasites of Agromyza FALLEN The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 16 (5/6): 551-605.
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1964 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera): I. General questions of taxonomy, biology and evolution The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 14 (7/8): 823-914.

Dacnusini (a tribe of death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dacnusini (a tribe of death wasps)
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