Dendrocerus aphidum (Rondani, 1877)
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDendrocerus aphidum (a hymenopteran)
GenusDendrocerus (a genus of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyMEGASPILINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyMEGASPILIDAE (a family of hymenopterans)
SuperfamilyCERAPHRONOIDEA (a superfamily of hymenopterans)
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
Fergusson, N.D.M. 1980 A revision of the British species of Dendrocerus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera : Ceraphronoidea) with a review of their biology as aphid hyperparasites Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 41 (4): 255-314.

Dendrocerus aphidum (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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