Microgaster Latreille, 1804
(a genus of death wasps)

Microgaster (a genus of death wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Microgaster (a genus of death wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Microgaster acilia
a braconid wasp
Species 1 references
Microgaster alebion
a braconid wasp
Species 1 references
Microgaster arctostaphylica
a braconid wasp
Species 1 references
Microgaster nixalebion
a braconid wasp
Species 1 references
Microgaster raschkiellae
a hymenopteran
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMicrogaster (a genus of death wasps)
TribeMicrogastrini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyMICROGASTRINAE (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microgaster (a genus of death wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Nixon, G.E.J. 1968 A revision of the genus Microgaster Latreille (Hymenoptera : braconidae) Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 22 (2): 31-72.
Papp, J. 1984 Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (=Microplitis Förster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) Entomologische Abhandlungen Vol 47: 95-140.
Papp, J. 1976 Key to the European Microgaster Latr. Species, with a new species and taxonomical remarks (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgasterinae) ACTA ZOOL ACAD SCI H Vol 22: 97-117.

Microgaster (a genus of death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Microgaster (a genus of death wasps):

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