[Nocturnal ichneumonoids]
(testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Charmon cruentatus
a braconid wasp
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 25 images
Pygostolus
a genus of braconid wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 19 images 2 ident. refs
Syntretus
a genus of braconid wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Homolobus
a genus of death wasps
Genus 3 ident. refs
Macrocentrus
a genus of death wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 6 subtaxa 96 images 2 ident. refs
Meteorus
a genus of braconid wasps
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Larva (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 7 subtaxa 136 images 2 ident. refs
Zele
a genus of braconid wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 38 images 2 ident. refs
Aleiodes
a genus of mummy wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 123 images 3 ident. refs
Heterogamus
a genus of mummy wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Clinocentrus
a genus of mummy wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Alexeter clavator
a ctenopelmatine ichneumon
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 		Species 16 images
Opheltes glaucopterus
a ctenopelmatine ichneumon
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 16 images 1 ident. refs
Perilissus
a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 125 images 2 ident. refs
Perilissus albitarsis
a ctenopelmatine ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 40 images 1 ident. refs
Priopoda apicaria
a ctenopelmatine ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 26 images 1 ident. refs
Cidaphus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Mesochorus
a genus of mesochorine ichneumons
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 		Genus 7 subtaxa 115 images 4 ident. refs
Enicospilus
a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 63 images 2 ident. refs
Eremotylus curvinervis
an ophionine ichneumon
Species 2 ident. refs
Eremotylus marginatus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 3 ident. refs
Ophion
ophion wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 12 subtaxa 211 images 12 ident. refs
Netelia
a genus of nocturnal tryphonine ichneumons
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 		Genus 8 subtaxa 190 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Nocturnal ichneumonoids] (testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light)
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
Broad, G.R. 2012 Keys for the identification of British and Irish nocturnal Ichneumonidae http://nocturnalichs.myspecies.info/node/38
Huddleston, T. & Gauld, I. 1988 *** Parasitic wasps (Ichneumonoidea) in British Light Traps ***(Superseded) Entomologist Vol 107 (2).
Storey, M.W. (reworked from Broad, G.) 05 Nocturnal ichneumonids
Storey, M.W. 2019 Key to the genera of Nocturnal Ichneumonoids
Storey, M.W. 2016 The Ichneumon Files http://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

[Nocturnal ichneumonoids] (testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Nocturnal ichneumonoids] (testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light)
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