Enicospilus Stephens, 1835
(a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps)

Enicospilus (a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Enicospilus (a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusEnicospilus (a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps)
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 Enicospilus (a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Broad, G.R. & Shaw, M.R. 2016 The British species of Enicospilus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae) European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 187: 1-31.
Johansson, N. 2018 Review of the Swedish Enicospilus (Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Ophioninae) with description of three new species and an illustrated key to species European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 483: 1-21.

Enicospilus (a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Enicospilus (a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps):

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A genus of brownish-yellow nocturnal ichneumons, distinguished from the superficially similar Ophions by the presence of one or two sclerotised scales in the discosubmarginal cell of the forewing.

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