Blacini Förster, 1863
(a tribe of death wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeBlacini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyBRACHISTINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death 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
van Achterberg, C. & Altenhofer, E. 1997 Xyeloblacus gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Blacinae) parasitoid of Xyelinae (Xyelidae: Hymenoptera) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 71 (5): 291-298.
van Achterberg, C. 1988 Revision of the subfamily Blacinae Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) Vol 249: 1-324.

Blacini (a tribe of death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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