Anastatus ruficaudus Ferrière, 1954
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Anastatus ruficaudus (a hymenopteran)
Subfamily	EUPELMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
Family	EUPELMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
Superfamily	CHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
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)

Anastatus ruficaudus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Askew, R.R. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L.	2004	Further observations on Eupelminae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae) in the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands, including descriptions of new species	Graellsia Vol 60 (1): 27-39.

Anastatus ruficaudus (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

EUPELMIDAE
(a family of chalcid wasps)

CHALCIDOIDEA
(chalcid wasps)

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 Anastatus ruficaudus (a hymenopteran)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anastatus ruficaudus (a hymenopteran)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anastatus ruficaudus is also a member of:

Identification Works

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