Aleiodes praetor (Reinhard, 1863)
(Hawkmoth Mummy Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAleiodes praetor (Hawkmoth Mummy Wasp)
GenusAleiodes (a genus of mummy wasps)
TribeAleiodini (mummy wasps)
SubfamilyROGADINAE (mummy 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)
Records of Aleiodes praetor (Hawkmoth Mummy Wasp) :
1: Aleiodes praetor (Hawkmoth Mummy Wasp)
7 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, at MV light
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - antennae and head - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - tergites 1-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 21: Female - antennal bases and head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - terminalia with ovipositor exserted - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Aleiodes praetor (Hawkmoth Mummy Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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