Microgaster parvistriga Thomson, 1895
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrogaster parvistriga (a death 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)
Records of Microgaster parvistriga (a death wasp) :
1: Microgaster parvistriga (a death wasp)
19 Oct 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and pronotum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma tergites 1 & 2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Hind claw - external view - highly magnified - silver background

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

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