Periclistus brandtii (Ratzeburg, 1831)
(Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPericlistus brandtii (Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp)
GenusPericlistus (a genus of inquiline gall wasps)
TribeDiastrophini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
FamilyCYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)
SuperfamilyCYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid 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)
Records of Periclistus brandtii (Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp) :
1: Periclistus brandtii (Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp)
30 May 2016 OSGR: SP72 51° 50’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Bucks (VC 24) England
2 males, reared from Robin’s Pincushion Gall on rose stem
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - wings apart - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - wings together - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Periclistus brandtii (Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp)
6 May 2016 OSGR: SP72 51° 50’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Bucks (VC 24) England
Female, reared from Robin’s Pincushion Gall on rose stem
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Periclistus brandtii (Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Periclistus brandtii (Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Periclistus brandtii (Bedeguar Inquiline Gall Wasp)
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