Spilichneumon Thomson, 1894
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Species 55 images
Male (Click to open)
Species 29 images 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Species 30 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSpilichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Spilichneumon (males) https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Spilichneumon (females) https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

Spilichneumon (a genus of 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 Spilichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Spilichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
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