Aleiodes Wesmael, 1838
(a genus of mummy wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Aleiodes assimilis
a mummy wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 20 images
Aleiodes circumscriptus
a mummy wasp
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 20 images
Aleiodes praetor
Hawkmoth Mummy Wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 26 images
Aleiodes similis
a mummy wasp
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 57 images
Aleiodes ungularis
a mummy wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAleiodes (a genus of mummy wasps)
TribeAleiodini (mummy wasps)
SubfamilyROGADINAE (mummy 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
van Achterberg, C. & Shaw, M.R. 2016 Revision of the western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part 1: Introduction, key to species groups, outlying distinctive species, and revisionary notes on some further species ZooKeys Vol 639: 1-164.
van Achterberg, C., Shaw, M.R. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2020 Revision of the western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part 2: Revision of the A. apicalis group ZooKeys Vol 919: 1-259.

Aleiodes (a genus of mummy wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aleiodes (a genus of mummy wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aleiodes (a genus of mummy wasps)
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