Aptesis cretata (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAptesis cretata (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusAptesis (a genus of cryptine 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 Aptesis cretata (a cryptine ichneumon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Schwarz, M. 2018 Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 2 Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 39 (1): 121-185.

Aptesis cretata (a cryptine 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 Aptesis cretata (a cryptine ichneumon):

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