Microctonus Wesmael, 1835
(a genus of death wasps)

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Microctonus (unidentified)
Unidentified Micronotus Death Wasps
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMicroctonus (a genus of death wasps)
TribePerilitini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyEUPHORINAE (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
Haeselbarth, E. 2008 Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES 1818 3. Beitrag: Die Arten ohne ausgebildetem ersten Cubitus-Abschnitt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) Zur Braconiden-Gattung *Perilitus* NEES 1818 Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 40 (2): 0113-1152.

Microctonus (a genus of 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 Microctonus (a genus of death wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microctonus (a genus of death wasps)
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