XORIDINAE Shuckard, 1840
(xoridine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Ischnoceros rusticus an ichneumon wasp	Species		28 images
Odontocolon dentipes an ichneumon wasp	Species		1 images
Xorides a genus of ichneumon wasps	Genus	4 subtaxa	30 images	5 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subfamily	XORIDINAE (xoridine 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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Gauld, I.D. & Fitton, M.G.	1981	Keys to the British Xoridine parasitoids of wood-boring beetles (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)	Ent. Gazette Vol 32: 259-267.
	Kolarov, Y.	1997	Pimplinae, Xoridinae, Acaeninae, Collyriinae	Fauna Bulgarica, Vol 25, 300pp, Pensoft
	Townes, H.K.	1969	* The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 *(Superseded)	Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 11: 1-300.
Regional/Nearctic
	Townes, H. & M.	1960	2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae	684pp, Smithsonian Institution

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

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 XORIDINAE (xoridine ichneumon wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for XORIDINAE (xoridine ichneumon wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

XORIDINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Regional/Nearctic

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