Pteromalus hieracii (Thomson, 1878)
(a chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPteromalus hieracii (a chalcid wasp)
GenusPteromalus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyPTEROMALINAE (a subfamily of chalcid wasps)
FamilyPTEROMALIDAE (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 Pteromalus hieracii (a chalcid wasp) :
1: Pteromalus hieracii (a chalcid wasp)
25 May 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, emerged from sexual galls of *Aulacidea hieracii* stems in stand of *Hieracium umbellatum* at roadside
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - antennae and head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - antennae, head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - coxae, propodeum and base of gaster - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - gaster - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - thorax, scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Pteromalus hieracii (a chalcid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pteromalus hieracii (a chalcid wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pteromalus hieracii (a chalcid wasp)
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