Psilus cornutus Panzer, 1801
(a small parasitic wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsilus cornutus (a small parasitic wasp)
GenusPsilus (a genus of diaprioid parasitoid wasps)
FamilyDIAPRIIDAE (diaprioid parasitoid wasps)
SuperfamilyDIAPRIOIDEA (a superfamily of hymenopterans)
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 Psilus cornutus (a small parasitic wasp) :
1: Psilus cornutus (a small parasitic wasp)
7 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at MV light
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - magnifiedImage 11: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - antennal bases -latero-anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Psilus cornutus (a small parasitic wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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