Fidiobia hispanica Popovici & Buhl, 2010
(a platygastrid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFidiobia hispanica (a platygastrid wasp)
FamilyPLATYGASTRIDAE (platygastrid wasps)
SuperfamilyPLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid 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
Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T. 2014 Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae) European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 99: 1-20.

Fidiobia hispanica (a platygastrid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fidiobia hispanica (a platygastrid wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fidiobia hispanica (a platygastrid wasp)
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