Laelius pedatus (Say, 1836)
(a bethylid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLaelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp)
GenusLaelius (a genus of bethylid wasps)
SubfamilyEPYRINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyBETHYLIDAE (bethylid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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
Notton, D. G. 2016 IPM News: The parasitic wasp Laelius pedatus, a parasitoid of museum beetles, is now established at the Natural History Museum, London IPM News Issue 4: 1-3.
Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T. 2014 Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae) European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 99: 1-20.

Laelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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