Ophion Fabricius, 1798
(ophion wasps)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Ophion brevicornis an ichneumon wasp	Species	19 images
Ophion costatus auct. agg. (brocki/splendens) a species aggregate of hymenopterans	Species aggregate		1 ident. refs
Ophion crassicornis an ichneumon wasp	Species	45 images	1 ident. refs
Ophion luteus agg. yellow ophion	Species aggregate		1 ident. refs
Ophion minutus an ichneumon wasp	Species		1 ident. refs
Ophion mocsaryi s.s. an unresolved species complex of ichneumons	Species	13 images
Ophion obscuratus agg. harvest ophion	Species aggregate	2 images	1 ident. refs
Ophion ocellaris an ichneumon wasp	Species	13 images	2 ident. refs
Ophion parvulus s.s. an unresolved species complex of ichneumons	Species	37 images
Ophion scutellaris March Ichneumon Wasp	Species	38 images
Ophion variegatus Winter Ophion	Species	27 images
Ophion ventricosus an ichneumon wasp	Species	17 images	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Ophion (ophion wasps)
Subfamily	OPHIONINAE (ophionine 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)

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

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Brock, J.P.	1982	* A systematic study of the genus Ophion in Britain (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) *(Superseded)	Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 125: 57-97.
Gauld, I.D.	1978	* Notes on the British Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Part 4. A revised key to species of the genus Ophion (Fabricius) *(Superseded)	Ent. Gazette Vol 29: 145-149.
Johansson, N. & Cederberg, B. remastered by Storey, M.	2019	Review of the Swedish species of Ophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of 18 new species and an illustrated key to Swedish species
Johansson, N. & Cederberg, B.	2019	Review of the Swedish species of Ophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of 18 new species and an illustrated key to Swedish species	European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 550: 1-136.

Ophion (ophion wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

OPHIONINAE
(ophionine 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 Ophion (ophion wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ophion (ophion wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Ophion is also a member of:

Identification Works

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