Piestopleura catillus (Walker, 1835)
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPiestopleura catillus (a hymenopteran)
GenusPiestopleura (a genus of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyPLATYGASTRINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyPLATYGASTRIDAE (platygastrid wasps)
SuperfamilyPLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid 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
O’Connor, J.P., Nash, R., Notton, D.G. & Fergusson, N.D.M. 2004 A catalogue of the Irish Platygastroidea and Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) Occasional Publication of the Irish Biogeographical Society No 7.

Piestopleura catillus (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Piestopleura catillus (a hymenopteran)
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