Meteorus obfuscatus (Nees, 1811)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeteorus obfuscatus (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 obfuscatus (a death wasp) :
1: Meteorus obfuscatus (a death wasp)
4 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Female - abdomen and hind leg - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, thorax, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - propodeum and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - face, stacked to show protruding clypeus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and mouthparts - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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