Arachnospila wesmaeli (Thomson, 1870)
(a spider-hunting wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArachnospila wesmaeli (a spider-hunting wasp)
GenusArachnospila (a genus of spider-hunting wasps)
SubfamilyPOMPILINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyPOMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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 Arachnospila wesmaeli (a spider-hunting wasp) :
1: Arachnospila wesmaeli (a spider-hunting wasp)
25 Jul 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, investigating holes in retaining wall
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - foreleg (left) - tibia and tarsi - posterior view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - foreleg (right) - tarsus - postero-ventral view showing comb spines - magnifiedImage 4: Female - foreleg (right) - tarsus - ventral view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head - face view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Female - wings apart - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Wings (right) - highly enlarged

Arachnospila wesmaeli (a spider-hunting wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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