Zele deceptor (Wesmael, 1835)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZele deceptor (a death wasp)
GenusZele (a genus of braconid wasps)
SubfamilyMETEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid 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 Zele deceptor (a death wasp) :
1: Zele deceptor (a death wasp)
7 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
female, at MV light
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Zele deceptor (a death wasp)
6 Aug 2016 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
3 females, at night, at light
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Female - head and palpi - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver background

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

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