Macrocentrus nidulator (Nees, 1834)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrocentrus nidulator (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 nidulator (a death wasp) :
1: Macrocentrus nidulator (a death wasp)
1 Sep 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum and abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Female - abdomen base - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 15: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 17: Female - head and thorax (anterior part) - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - close-up - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum and abdomen base - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Fore trochanter and trochantellus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Hind trochantellus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Mandibles - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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