ORTHOCENTRINAE Förster, 1869
(orthocentrine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aniseres lapponicus
a hymenopteran
Species 2 ident. refs
Aniseres pallipes
a hymenopteran
Species 2 ident. refs
Aperileptus
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images 1 ident. refs
Apoclima signaticorne
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Batakomacrus
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 51 images 1 ident. refs
Entypoma
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 ident. refs
Eusterinx
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Gnathochorisis
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
Genus 1 ident. refs
Helictes
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 43 images 2 ident. refs
Megastylus
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 75 images 2 ident. refs
Neurateles falcatus
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Neurateles papyraceus
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Orthocentrus
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 151 images 3 ident. refs
Pantisarthrus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 2 ident. refs
Picrostigeus
a genus of orrthocentrine ichneumon wasps
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 27 images 1 ident. refs
Plectiscidea
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 42 images 5 ident. refs
Plectiscus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 ident. refs
Proclitus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Stenomacrus
a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 9 images 2 ident. refs
Symplecis bicingulata
an ichneumon wasp
Species 2 ident. refs
Symplecis breviuscula
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine 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
Ceballos, G. 1963 Orthocentrinae y Metopiinae de España (Hym. Ichneumonidae) EOS Vol 39 (1-2): 109-134.
Meyer, N.F. 1936 Tryphoninae Tables systématiques des Hyménoptères parasites (Fam. Ichneumonidae) de l’URSS et des pays limitrophes Vol 6.
Townes, H.K. 1971 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.
van Rossem, G. 1990 Key to the genera of the Palaearctic Oxytorinae, with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 63 (23): 309-320.

Orthocentrus Group: Generic Key

Broad, G.R. 2010 Status of Batakomacrus Kolarov (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae), with new generic combinations and description of a new species Zootaxa 2394: 51-68.

ORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine ichneumon wasps)
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