Eurytoma curta Walker, 1832
(a chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEurytoma curta (a chalcid wasp)
GenusEurytoma (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyEURYTOMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyEURYTOMIDAE (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
Varley, G.C. 1947 The natural control of population balance in the Knapweed Gall-fly (Urophora jaceana) Journal of Animal Ecology Vol 16 (2): 139-187.

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

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