Podoschistus scutellaris (Desvignes, 1856)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPodoschistus scutellaris (an ichneumon wasp)
TribePoemeniini (a tribe of Poemeniinine ichneumons)
SubfamilyPOEMENIINAE (poemeniinine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon 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
Boparai, J.S., Burnham, J.P. & Broad, G.R. 2019 Neoxorides nitens (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Poemeniinae), a genus and species new to Britain Ent. Gazette Vol 70: 31-37.
Johansson, N. & Klopfstein, S. 2020 Revision of the Swedish species of Neoxorides Clément, 1938 (Ichneumonidae: Poemeniinae) with the description of a new species and an illustrated key to species European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 680: 1-29.
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Podoschistus scutellaris (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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