Microgaster messoria Haliday, 1834
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Microgaster messoria (a death wasp)
Genus	Microgaster (a genus of death wasps)
Tribe	Microgastrini (a tribe of death wasps)
Subfamily	MICROGASTRINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
Family	BRACONIDAE (death wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Microgaster messoria is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Microgaster messoria (a death wasp) :
1: Microgaster messoria (a death wasp)
6 Jun 2017	OSGR: SY67	50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot

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

Microgaster
(a genus of death wasps)

MICROGASTRINAE
(a subfamily of death wasps)

BRACONIDAE
(death wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microgaster messoria (a death wasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microgaster messoria (a death wasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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