Leptacis tipulae (Kirby, 1798)
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Leptacis tipulae (a hymenopteran)
Genus	Leptacis (a genus of hymenopterans)
Subfamily	PLATYGASTRINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
Family	PLATYGASTRIDAE (platygastrid wasps)
Superfamily	PLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic wasps)
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)

Leptacis tipulae is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	O’Connor, J.P., Nash, R., Notton, D.G. & Fergusson, N.D.M.	2004	A catalogue of the Irish Platygastroidea and Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera)	Occasional Publication of the Irish Biogeographical Society No 7.

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

PLATYGASTRIDAE
(platygastrid wasps)

PLATYGASTROIDEA
(platygastroid parasitic wasps)

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 Leptacis tipulae (a hymenopteran)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leptacis tipulae (a hymenopteran)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Leptacis tipulae is also a member of:

Identification Works

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