Poecilostictus cothurnatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Poecilostictus cothurnatus (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Poecilostictus cothurnatus (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPoecilostictus cothurnatus (an ichneumon wasp)
TribePlatylabini (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Poecilostictus cothurnatus (an ichneumon wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
van Veen, J.C. 1981 The biology of Poecilostictus cothurnatus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) an endoparasite of Bupalus piniarius (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Annales Entomologici Fennici Vol 47: 77-93.

Poecilostictus cothurnatus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Poecilostictus cothurnatus (an ichneumon wasp):

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