TRYPHONINAE Shuckard, 1840
(tryphonine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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ID refs
Tribe 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Tribe 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Tribe 1 subtaxa 31 images 2 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Tribe 9 subtaxa 190 images 8 ident. refs
Tribe 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Tribe 29 subtaxa 503 images 38 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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
Bennett, A.M.R. 2015 Revision of the world genera of Tryphoninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 86 (viii): 1-387.
Brischke, C.G.A. 1880 *** Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West- und Ostpreussen - I Ichneumoni & II Tryphonides ***(Superseded) Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig Vol 4: 35-121.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. (eds) 2007 Ichneumonidae A Key to the Insects of the Russian Far East Vol IV, Pt 5.
Meyer, N.F. 1936 Tryphoninae Tables systématiques des Hyménoptères parasites (Fam. Ichneumonidae) de l’URSS et des pays limitrophes Vol 6.
Townes, H.K. 1969 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 11: 1-300.
Yurtcan, M. & Beyarslan, A. 2002 The Species of Tryphoninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Turkish Thrace Turk J Zool Vol 26: 77-95.

TRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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 TRYPHONINAE (tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TRYPHONINAE (tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
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