Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai Linsenmaier, 1959
(a subspecies of hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subspecies	Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai (a subspecies of hymenopteran)
Species	Hedychrum niemelai (a rubytail wasp)
Genus	Hedychrum (a genus of hymenopterans)
Family	CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)
Superfamily	CHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Baldock, D.W. & Hawkins, R.D.	2016	Hedychrum nobile (Scopoli): a jewel-wasp new to Britain and distinct from H. niemelai Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 29: 197-208.

Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai (a subspecies of hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hedychrum niemelai
(a rubytail wasp)

CHRYSIDIDAE
(rubytail or cuckoo-wasps)

CHRYSIDOIDEA
(a superfamily of solitary wasps)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai (a subspecies of hymenopteran)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai (a subspecies of hymenopteran)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hedychrum niemelai ssp niemelai is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)