Gelanes Horstmann, 1981
(a genus of Tersilochine ichneumons)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusGelanes (a genus of Tersilochine ichneumons)
SubfamilyTERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine 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
Khalaim, A. 2002 A review of the species of the genus Gelanes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) of the Palaearctic Region Vestnik Zoologii Vol 36 (6): 3-12.
Khalaim, A.I. & Blank, S.M. 2011 Review of the European species of the genus Gelanes Horstmann (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae), parasitoids of Xyelid sawflies (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS Vol 315 (2): 154-166.

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

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