Microgaster arctostaphylica Shaw, 2012
(a braconid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrogaster arctostaphylica (a braconid wasp)
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
Shaw, M.R. 2012 Notes on some European Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the National Museums of Scotland, with twenty species new to Britain, new host data, taxonomic changes and remarks, and descriptions of two new species of Microgaster Latreille Ent. Gazette Vol 63: 173-201.

Microgaster arctostaphylica (a braconid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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