Microctonus (unidentified)
(Unidentified Micronotus Death Wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedMicroctonus (unidentified) (Unidentified Micronotus Death Wasps)
GenusMicroctonus (a genus of death wasps)
TribePerilitini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyEUPHORINAE (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 Microctonus (unidentified) (Unidentified Micronotus Death Wasps) :
1: Microctonus (unidentified) (Unidentified Micronotus Death Wasps)
19 Aug 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
emerged from Sitona weevils collected in Broad Bean field
Image 1: Silken cocoon with host in background - in bottom of glass tube - highly enlarged

Microctonus (unidentified) (Unidentified Micronotus Death Wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microctonus (unidentified) (Unidentified Micronotus Death Wasps)
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