Eupelmus vesicularis (Retzius, 1783)
(a eupelmid chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp)
GenusEupelmus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyEUPELMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyEUPELMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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)
Records of Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp) :
1: Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp)
1 Jun 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Brachypterous female, ex sexual gall of *Aulacidea hieracii* in stand of *Hieracium umbellatum*
Image 1: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fusu, F. 2010 *** Species status of two colour morphs of Eupelmus vesicularis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) as revealed by allozyme electrophoresis, morphometric and host preference data ***(Superseded) Journal of Natural History Vol 44 (17-18): 1113-1129.
Fusu, L. 2017 An integrative taxonomic study of European Eupelmus (Macroneura) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a molecular and cytogenetic analysis of Eupelmus (Macroneura) vesicularis: several species hiding under one name for 240 years Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 181: 519-603.

Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp)
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