Opheltes glaucopterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOpheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
TribePerilissini (a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2004 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 4. Adelognathinae und Ctenopelmatinae Carolinea Vol 62: 113-127.

Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
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