Mesopolobus tibialis (Westwood, 1833)
(a chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesopolobus tibialis (a chalcid wasp)
GenusMesopolobus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyPTEROMALINAE (a subfamily of chalcid wasps)
FamilyPTEROMALIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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 Mesopolobus tibialis (a chalcid wasp) :
1: Mesopolobus tibialis (a chalcid wasp)
4 Jun 2018 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, reared from Oak Apple galls, on small Oak
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - magnified - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - antennae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 15: Male - mid-leg - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum, propodeum and metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Mesopolobus tibialis (a chalcid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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