Rhizomalus cupreus
(a pteromlaid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhizomalus cupreus (a pteromlaid wasp)
FamilyPTEROMALIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boucek, Z. 1972 On European Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera): a revision of Cleonymus, Eunotus and Spaniopus, with descriptions of new genera and species Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 27 (5): 267-315.

Rhizomalus cupreus (a pteromlaid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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