Megastylus Schiødte, 1838
(a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMegastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)
SubfamilyORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine 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 Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
van Rossem, G. 1983 A revision of Western Palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part IV. Genus Megastylus Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 4: 121-132.
van Rossem, G. 1974 *** The Gravenhorst, Schiodte and Foerster types belonging to the genus Megastylus Schiodte, 1838, with keys to the species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Microleptinae) ***(Superseded) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 117: 273-285 + Plate 1.

Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine 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 Megastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons):

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