Mesochorus lilioceriphilus Schwenke, 2000
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mesochorus lilioceriphilus (an ichneumon wasp)
Genus	Mesochorus (a genus of mesochorine ichneumons)
Subfamily	MESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon 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)

Mesochorus lilioceriphilus is also a member of:
Nocturnal ichneumonoids - testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light (via Mesochorus)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Salisbury, A. & Broad, G.	2011	The hyperparasitoid Mesochorus lilioceriphilus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), an addition to the parasitoid complex of the lily beetle in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24: 95-99+plate.

Mesochorus lilioceriphilus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Mesochorus
(a genus of mesochorine ichneumons)

MESOCHORINAE
(mesochorine ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon 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)

Nocturnal ichneumonoids
(testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mesochorus lilioceriphilus (an ichneumon wasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mesochorus lilioceriphilus (an ichneumon wasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Mesochorus lilioceriphilus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)