Earinus transversus Lyle, 1920
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEarinus transversus (a death wasp)
GenusEarinus (a genus of hymenopterans)
TribeAgathidini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyAGATHIDINAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R. 2005 Rediscovery of Earinus transversus Lyle (Hym.: Braconidae: Agathidinae). A parasitoid of Trichopteryx polycommata (D.&S.) (Lep.: Geometridae: Larentiinae) Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation Vol 117: 85-88.

Earinus transversus (a death wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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