Closterocerus trifasciatus Westwood, 1833
(a chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClosterocerus trifasciatus (a chalcid wasp)
GenusClosterocerus (a genus of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyENTEDONINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyEULOPHIDAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Cameron, E. 1939 The holly leaf-miner (Phytomyza ilicis, Curt.) and its parasites Bulletin of Entomological Research 30: 173-208.
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A. 2011 The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids British Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.

Closterocerus trifasciatus (a chalcid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Closterocerus trifasciatus (a chalcid wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Closterocerus trifasciatus (a chalcid wasp)
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