Cotesia (unidentified)
(Unidentified Cotesia Microgastrine Death Wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedCotesia (unidentified) (Unidentified Cotesia Microgastrine Death Wasps)
GenusCotesia (a genus of microgastrine death wasps)
TribeCotesiini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyMICROGASTRINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic 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 Cotesia (unidentified) (Unidentified Cotesia Microgastrine Death Wasps) :
1: Cotesia (unidentified) (Unidentified Cotesia Microgastrine Death Wasps)
9 Oct 2017 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
massed cocoons, on Flag Iris leaf
Image 1: Cocoon mass - front view - silver backgroundImage 2: Cocoon mass - side view - silver background

Cotesia (unidentified) (Unidentified Cotesia Microgastrine Death Wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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