Diodontus minutus (Fabricius, 1793)
(Minute Black Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Diodontus minutus (Minute Black Wasp)
Genus	Diodontus (a genus of solitary wasps)
Family	CRABRONIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Diodontus minutus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Diodontus minutus (Minute Black Wasp) :
1: Diodontus minutus (Minute Black Wasp)
19 Jul 1998	OSGR: SU86	51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
around sandy exposure

Diodontus minutus (Minute Black Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CRABRONIDAE
(a family of solitary wasps)

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diodontus minutus (Minute Black Wasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Diodontus minutus (Minute Black Wasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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