Meteorus jaculator (Haliday, 1835)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeteorus jaculator (a death wasp)
GenusMeteorus (a genus of braconid wasps)
SubfamilyMETEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid 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 Meteorus jaculator (a death wasp) :
1: Meteorus jaculator (a death wasp)
14 Sep 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Female - body - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head, palps and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - postscutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum, petiole and tergite 3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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