Priocnemis Schiødte, 1837
(window-winged spider-hunting wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Priocnemis agilis
a spider-hunting wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Priocnemis exaltata
a spider-hunting wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Priocnemis pusilla
a spider-hunting wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPriocnemis (window-winged spider-hunting wasps)
TribePepsini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyPEPSINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyPOMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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)

Priocnemis (window-winged spider-hunting wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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