Microgaster Latreille, 1804
(a genus of death wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Microgaster acilia
a braconid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Microgaster alebion
a braconid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Microgaster arctostaphylica
a braconid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Microgaster messoria
a death wasp
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 		Species 13 images
Microgaster nixalebion
a braconid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Microgaster parvistriga
a death wasp
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 		Species 17 images
Microgaster raschkiellae
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMicrogaster (a genus of death wasps)
TribeMicrogastrini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyMICROGASTRINAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Nixon, G.E.J. 1968 A revision of the genus Microgaster Latreille (Hymenoptera : braconidae) Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 22 (2): 31-72.
Papp, J. 1984 Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (=Microplitis Förster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) Entomologische Abhandlungen Vol 47: 95-140.
Papp, J. 1976 Key to the European Microgaster Latr. Species, with a new species and taxonomical remarks (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgasterinae) ACTA ZOOL ACAD SCI H Vol 22: 97-117.

Microgaster (a genus of death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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