Pseudomalus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a rubytail wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pseudomalus auratus (a rubytail wasp)
Family	CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)
Superfamily	CHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
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)

Pseudomalus auratus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Pseudomalus auratus (a rubytail wasp) :
1: Pseudomalus auratus (a rubytail wasp)
24 May 1998	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
emerged from cut Elder stem nest trap

Pseudomalus auratus (a rubytail wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSIDIDAE
(rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)

CHRYSIDOIDEA
(a superfamily of solitary wasps)

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 Pseudomalus auratus (a rubytail wasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pseudomalus auratus (a rubytail wasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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