CRYPTINAE Kirby, 1837
(cryptine ichneumon wasps)

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

CRYPTINAE (cryptine 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
Aptesini
a tribe of cryptine ichneumons
Tribe 18 subtaxa 4 trophisms 42 references
Cryptini
a tribe of cryptine ichneumons
Tribe 34 subtaxa 7 trophisms 58 references
Nippocryptus
a genus of cryptine ichneumons
Genus 1 references
Pycnocryptodes
a genus of cryptine ichneumon
Genus 1 references
Sphecoctonus
a genus of cryptine ichneumon
Genus 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 CRYPTINAE (cryptine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Schwarz, M. 2018 Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 2 Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 39 (1): 121-185.
Schwarz, M. 2005 Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 1 Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 37 (2): 1641-1710.
Townes, H.K. 1970 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 2 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 12: 1-537.
van Rossem, G. 1969 A revision of the genus Cryptus Fabricius s. str. in the Western Palearctic region, with keys to genera of Cryptina and species of Cryptus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Ent. Tidskr. Vol 112: 299-374.

Brachypters

Horstmann, K. 1993 Revision der brachypteren Weibchen der westpaläarktischen Cryptinae (Hymenoptera. lchneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie 14: 85-148.

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Santos, B.F. 2017 Phylogeny and reclassification of Cryptini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with implications for ichneumonid higher-level classification Systematic Entomology.

Regional

Narayanan, E.S. & Kundanlal 1957 Studies on Indian Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) subfamily: Gelinae part i. Tribes Gelini and Echthrini Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Series B: 15-30.

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

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