Priocnemis exaltata (Fabricius, 1775)
(a spider-hunting wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPriocnemis exaltata (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 exaltata (a spider-hunting wasp) :
1: Priocnemis exaltata (a spider-hunting wasp)
14 Jul 2016 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Female - hind tibia - antero-dorsal view - detail - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind tibia - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - tarsal claw - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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