PROCTOTRUPOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(proctotrupoid parasitoid wasps)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
HELORIDAE helorid parasitoid wasps					Family	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
PROCTOTRUPIDAE proctotrupid parasitoid wasps					Family	2 subtaxa	7 images	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Superfamily	PROCTOTRUPOIDEA (proctotrupoid parasitoid wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

PROCTOTRUPOIDEA is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hackston, M.	2017	Family Proctotrupidae, key to British genus and species	https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/Home/hymenoptera/apocrita-parasitica/keys-to-superfamily-platygastroidea
Key To Families
	Hackston, M.		* Key to the UK families of Proctotrupoidea and Platygastroidea *(Superseded)	https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/Home/hymenoptera/apocrita-parasitica/keys-to-superfamily-platygastroidea
	Hackston, M.		Key to UK families of Proctotrupoidea

PROCTOTRUPOIDEA (proctotrupoid parasitoid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PROCTOTRUPOIDEA (proctotrupoid parasitoid wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PROCTOTRUPOIDEA (proctotrupoid parasitoid wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

PROCTOTRUPOIDEA is also a member of:

Identification Works

Key To Families

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)