Bracon leptus Marshall, 1897
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBracon leptus (a death wasp)
GenusBracon (a genus of braconine death wasps)
TribeBraconini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyBRACONINAE (a subfamily of death 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 Bracon leptus (a death wasp) :
1: Bracon leptus (a death wasp)
31 Jul 2018 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off lesser knapweed
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - closer-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - closer-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - postero-dorsal view - closer-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - scutellum, propodeum and metasomal tergites 1 and 2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - closer-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver background
2: Bracon leptus (a death wasp)
1 Sep 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, swept off Greater Knapweed
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - thorax and abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and prothorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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