Dacnusa (unidentified)
(Unidentified Sheep-shears Death Wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedDacnusa (unidentified) (Unidentified Sheep-shears Death Wasps)
GenusDacnusa (sheep-shears death wasps)
TribeDacnusini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (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 Dacnusa (unidentified) (Unidentified Sheep-shears Death Wasps) :
1: Dacnusa (unidentified) (Unidentified Sheep-shears Death Wasps)
28 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Emerged from puparia of Agromyza rondensis from leaf mine on Phalaris/Phragmites
Image 1: Parasitised host puparium - enlargedImage 2: Parasitised host puparium - magnified

Dacnusa (unidentified) (Unidentified Sheep-shears Death Wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dacnusa (unidentified) (Unidentified Sheep-shears Death Wasps)
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