Aleiodes assimilis (Nees, 1812)
(a mummy wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAleiodes assimilis (a mummy wasp)
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)
Records of Aleiodes assimilis (a mummy wasp) :
1: Aleiodes assimilis (a mummy wasp) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
22 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, by general sweeping, at 9pm
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts and antennae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propdeum and metasoma tergites 1-2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and metasoma tergite 1 - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - antennal bases, head and palps - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)

Aleiodes assimilis (a mummy wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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