Priocnemis agilis (Shuckard, 1837)
(a spider-hunting wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPriocnemis agilis (a spider-hunting wasp)
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)
Records of Priocnemis agilis (a spider-hunting wasp) :
1: Priocnemis agilis (a spider-hunting wasp)
21 Aug 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head, thorax, propodeum and base of metasoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - hind tibia - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - metasoma and hind leg - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - sub-genital plate - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - sub-genital plate - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Priocnemis agilis (a spider-hunting wasp)
19 Aug 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Priocnemis agilis (a spider-hunting wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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