OPHIONINAE Shuckard, 1840
(ophionine ichneumon wasps)

OPHIONINAE (ophionine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

OPHIONINAE (ophionine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Enicospilus
a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 references
Eremotylus curvinervis
an ophionine ichneumon
Species 2 references
Eremotylus marginatus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 3 references
Heinrichiella obscura
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Ophion
ophion wasps
Genus 9 subtaxa 2 trophisms 16 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyOPHIONINAE (ophionine 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OPHIONINAE (ophionine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Brischke, C.G.A. 1880 *** Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West- und Ostpreussen - III Pimplariae & IV Ophionides ***(Superseded) Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig Vol 4: 108-210.
Gauld, I. & Wahl, D.B. Key to genera of New World Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) .
Gauld, I.D. 1978 *** Notes on the British Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Part 4. A revised key to species of the genus Ophion (Fabricius) ***(Superseded) Ent. Gazette Vol 29: 145-149.
Gauld, I.D. 1973 *** Notes on the British Ophionini (Hym. Ichneumonidae) including a provisional key to species. ***(Superseded) Ent. Gazette Vol 24: 55-65.
Townes, H.K. 1971 *** The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 ***(Superseded) Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gauld, I.D. 1985 The phylogeny, classification and evolution of parasitic wasps of the subfamily Ophioninae (Ichneumonidae) Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 51 (2): 61-185.

Regional

Johansson, N., Ameri, A., Riedel, M., Talebi, A.A. & Ebrahimi, E. 2021 Contribution to the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran with the description of 16 new species and an illustrated key to the Eremotylus of the Western Palaearctic Zootaxa 5023 (2): 151-206.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to OPHIONINAE (ophionine ichneumon wasps):

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