Dusona Cameron, 1901
(a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDusona (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
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
Hinz, R. & Horstmann, K. 2004 *** Revision of the eastern Palearctic species of Dusona Cameron (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) ***(Superseded) Spixiana Supplement 29: 1-183.
Hinz, R. 1962 Die Förstersdien Typen der Gattung Dusona Cam. (Campoplex auct.) (Hym.) Opusc. Zool. Budapest Vol 66: 1-12.
Horstmann, K. 2009 Revision of the western Palearctic species of Dusona Cameron Spixiana Vol 32 (1): 45-110.
Meier, N., Urfer, K., Haraldseide, H., Vårdal, H. & Klopfstein, S. 2022 Open access in a taxonomic sense: a morphological and molecular guide to Western Palaearctic Dusona (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 91: 83-183.

Dusona (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dusona (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dusona (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
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