Megastylus Schiødte, 1838
(a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images
Megastylus cruentator an orthocentrine ichneumon	Species	25 images
Megastylus flavopictus an orthocentrine ichneumon	Species	3 images
Megastylus pectoralis an orthocentrine ichneumon	Species	47 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)
Subfamily	ORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine 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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	van Rossem, G.	1983	A revision of Western Palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part IV. Genus Megastylus	Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 4: 121-132.
	van Rossem, G.	1974	* The Gravenhorst, Schiodte and Foerster types belonging to the genus Megastylus Schiodte, 1838, with keys to the species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Microleptinae) *(Superseded)	Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 117: 273-285 + Plate 1.

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

ORTHOCENTRINAE
(orthocentrine 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 Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Megastylus is also a member of:

Identification Works

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