Chrysis ignita s.l.
(a rubytail wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species sensu lato	Chrysis ignita s.l. (a rubytail wasp)
Genus	Chrysis (ruby-tailed wasps)
Family	CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)
Superfamily	CHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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)

Chrysis ignita s.l. is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Archer, M.		The Chrysis files: Chrysis ignita group - aids to identification	www.bwars.com/Resources.htm#Identify Aids
	Paukkunen, J.	2019	Identification of British species of the Chrysis ignita group

Chrysis ignita s.l. (a rubytail wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSIDIDAE
(rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)

CHRYSIDOIDEA
(a superfamily of solitary wasps)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

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 Chrysis ignita s.l. (a rubytail wasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysis ignita s.l. (a rubytail wasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Chrysis ignita s.l. is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)