Pygostolus otiorhynchi (Boudier, 1834)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPygostolus otiorhynchi (a death wasp)
GenusPygostolus (a genus of braconid wasps)
TribePygostolini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyEUPHORINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
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 Pygostolus otiorhynchi (a death wasp) :
1: Pygostolus otiorhynchi (a death wasp)
12 Aug 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
female, at MV light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - semi-close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - semi-close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - epicnemial suture - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesothorax - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Pygostolus otiorhynchi (a death wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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