Dibrachys Förster, 1856
(a genus of chalcid wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDibrachys (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyPTEROMALINAE (a subfamily of chalcid wasps)
FamilyPTEROMALIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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
() Doganlar, M. 1987 Hypopygia of most Nearctic and Palearctic species of Dibrachys Foerster, key to most species of the genus, and descriptions of three new species (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) Spixiana Vol 10 (2): 191-206.
() Peters R.S. & Baur H. 2011 A revision of the Dibrachys cavus species complex (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) Zootaxa Vol 2937: 1-30.

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

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