Ophion Fabricius, 1798
(ophion wasps)

Ophion (ophion wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ophion (ophion 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
Ophion costatus auct. agg. (brocki/splendens)
a species aggregate of hymenopterans
Species aggregate 1 references
Ophion crassicornis
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Ophion luteus agg.
yellow ophion
Species aggregate 2 trophisms 1 references
Ophion minutus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Ophion obscuratus agg.
harvest ophion
Species aggregate 1 references
Ophion obscuratus s.s.
a pair of very similar ophion wasps
Species 1 references
Ophion ocellaris
an ichneumon wasp
Species 2 references
Ophion slaviceki
Species 1 references
Ophion ventricosus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusOphion (ophion 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 Ophion (ophion wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Brock, J.P. 1982 *** A systematic study of the genus Ophion in Britain (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) ***(Superseded) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 125: 57-97.
Gauld, I.D. 1978 *** Notes on the British Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Part 4. A revised key to species of the genus Ophion (Fabricius) ***(Superseded) Ent. Gazette Vol 29: 145-149.
Johansson, N. & Cederberg, B. remastered by Storey, M. 2019 Review of the Swedish species of Ophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of 18 new species and an illustrated key to Swedish species
Johansson, N. & Cederberg, B. 2019 Review of the Swedish species of Ophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of 18 new species and an illustrated key to Swedish species European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 550: 1-136.

Ophion (ophion wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jones, G. 1990 Prey Selection by the Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum): Optimal Foraging by Echolocation? Journal of Animal Ecology Vol 59 (2): 587-602.

Hosts

Shaw, M.R. & Broad, G.R. 2023 Reared specimens of western Palaearctic Ophion Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae) in the National Museums of Scotland Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 159: 249-263.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ophion (ophion wasps):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 211 images of Ophion (ophion wasps)
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