Macrocentrus bicolor Curtis, 1833
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrocentrus bicolor (a death wasp)
GenusMacrocentrus (a genus of death wasps)
SubfamilyMACROCENTRINAE (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)
Records of Macrocentrus bicolor (a death wasp) :
1: Macrocentrus bicolor (a death wasp)
2 Aug 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, at MV light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - closer-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Macrocentrus bicolor (a death wasp)
7 Sep 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, thorax and proodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mid-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - propodeum and metasoma base - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum, petiole and basal tergites - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum, T1 and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - latantero-dorsaleral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Foot - anterior view - magnified - silver background

Macrocentrus bicolor (a death wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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