Echthrus reluctator (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEchthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon)
TribeAptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
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 Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.

Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Broad, G.R. & Quicke, E.L.J. 2000 The adaptive significance of host location by vibrational sounding in parasitoid wasps Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol 267: 2403-2409.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon):

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