Priocnemis pusilla (Schiødte, 1837)
(a spider-hunting wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPriocnemis pusilla (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 pusilla (a spider-hunting wasp) :
1: Priocnemis pusilla (a spider-hunting wasp)
21 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 - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - thorax amd propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

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

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