Opius levis Wesmael, 1835
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOpius levis (a death wasp)
GenusOpius (a genus of death wasps)
SubfamilyOPIINAE (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 Opius levis (a death wasp) :
1: Opius levis (a death wasp)
22 Sep 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Female - antero-lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - postero-dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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