Caenacis inflexa (Ratzeburg, 1848)
(a chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCaenacis inflexa (a chalcid wasp)
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 Caenacis inflexa (a chalcid wasp) :
1: Caenacis inflexa (a chalcid wasp)
29 Apr 2016 OSGR: SP72 51° 50’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Bucks (VC 24) England
Small male chalcid wasp, reared from Robin’s Pincushion Gall on rose stem
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Wings - microscope low magnification - white background

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

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