ORTHOCENTRINAE Förster, 1869
(orthocentrine ichneumon wasps)

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

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of references
Aniseres lapponicus a hymenopteran	Species		2 references
Aniseres pallipes a hymenopteran	Species		2 references
Aperileptus a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus		1 references
Apoclima signaticorne a hymenopteran	Species		1 references
Batakomacrus a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus		1 references
Entypoma a genus of hymenopterans	Genus		1 references
Eusterinx a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus	1 subtaxa	3 references
Gnathochorisis a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus		1 references
Helictes a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus		2 references
Megastylus a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus		2 references
Neurateles falcatus a hymenopteran	Species		1 references
Neurateles papyraceus a hymenopteran	Species		1 references
Orthocentrus a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus		3 references
Pantisarthrus a genus of hymenopterans	Genus		2 references
Picrostigeus a genus of orrthocentrine ichneumon wasps	Genus		1 references
Plectiscidea a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus	3 subtaxa	5 references
Plectiscus a genus of hymenopterans	Genus		1 references
Proclitus a genus of hymenopterans	Genus	1 subtaxa	3 references
Stenomacrus a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons	Genus	1 subtaxa	3 references
Symplecis bicingulata an ichneumon wasp	Species		2 references
Symplecis breviuscula an ichneumon wasp	Species		1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subfamily	ORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ORTHOCENTRINAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ceballos, G.	1963	Orthocentrinae y Metopiinae de España (Hym. Ichneumonidae)	EOS Vol 39 (1-2): 109-134.
	Meyer, N.F.	1936	Tryphoninae	Tables systématiques des Hyménoptères parasites (Fam. Ichneumonidae) de l’URSS et des pays limitrophes Vol 6.
	Townes, H.K.	1971	The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4	Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.
	van Rossem, G.	1990	Key to the genera of the Palaearctic Oxytorinae, with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)	Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 63 (23): 309-320.
Orthocentrus Group: Generic Key
	Broad, G.R.	2010	Status of Batakomacrus Kolarov (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae), with new generic combinations and description of a new species	Zootaxa 2394: 51-68.

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

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Phylogeny
Klopfstein, S., Langille, B., Spasojevic, T., Broad, G. R., Cooper, S. J. B., Austin, A. D. & Niehuis, O.	2019	Hybrid capture data unravels a rapid radiation in pimpliform parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes)	Systematic Entomology Vol 44: 361-383.

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

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ORTHOCENTRINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Orthocentrus Group: Generic Key

General Works

Phylogeny

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