Exyston Schiødte, 1839
(a genus of tryphonine ichneumons)

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Exyston pratorum
an ichneumon wasp
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 		Species 33 images
Exyston subnitidus
a tryphonine ichneumon
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 		Species 31 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusExyston (a genus of tryphonine ichneumons)
TribeTryphonini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
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
Kerrich, G.J. 1952 A review, and a revision in greater part, of the Cteniscini of the Old World (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) Vol 2: 307-468.

Exyston (a genus of tryphonine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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