Cotesia Cameron, 1891
(a genus of microgastrine death wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Cotesia glomerata
a death wasp
Species 2 ident. refs
Cotesia subordinaria
a death wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Cotesia (unidentified)
Unidentified Cotesia Microgastrine Death Wasps
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCotesia (a genus of microgastrine death wasps)
TribeCotesiini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyMICROGASTRINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R. 2009

Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) parasitoids of Heliconiinae

(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Europe, with description of three new species.

 Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 22: 133-146.
Shaw, M.R. 2007 The species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) parasitising Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) in Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 20: 255-267.

Cotesia (a genus of microgastrine death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cotesia (a genus of microgastrine death wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cotesia (a genus of microgastrine death wasps)
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