Rhembobius Förster, 1869
(tongue ichneumons)

Interactions where Rhembobius is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Eristalis droneflies Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Rhembobius/Rhembobiustongue ichneumonslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eristalis/Eristalisdroneflieslarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Myathropa florea Batman Hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Rhembobius/Rhembobiustongue ichneumonslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Myathropa florea/Myathropa floreabatman hoverflylarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Rhembobius bifrons
Tongue-less Tongue Ichneumon
Species 1 trophisms
Rhembobius perscrutator
Black Tongue Ichneumon
Species 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusRhembobius (tongue ichneumons)
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 Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 2000 Die westpaläarktischen Arten von Ethelurgus Forster, 1869 und Rhembobius Forster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 21 (8): 65-76.

Regional/Nearctic

Townes, H. & Gupta, V.K. 1962 Part 4: Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Hemigasterini Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. No 2.

Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 112 images of Rhembobius (tongue ichneumons)
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