Torymus affinis (Fonscolombe, 1832)
(a chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTorymus affinis (a chalcid wasp)
GenusTorymus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
TribeTorymini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyTORYMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTORYMIDAE (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)
Records of Torymus affinis (a chalcid wasp) :
1: Torymus affinis (a chalcid wasp)
10 May 2018 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
3 females, sitting on fresh Oak Apple galls
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - wings open - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - wings together - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind coxa - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Torymus affinis (a chalcid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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