FIGITINAE Hartig, 1840
(a subfamily of sarcophagid endoparasitoid wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyFIGITINAE (a subfamily of sarcophagid endoparasitoid wasps)
FamilyFIGITIDAE (a family of insect endoparasitoid wasps)
SuperfamilyCYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid 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
Fergusson, N.D.M. 1986 Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Charipidae, Ibaliidae & Figitidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 8. Part 1c, 55pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

FIGITINAE (a subfamily of sarcophagid endoparasitoid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for FIGITINAE (a subfamily of sarcophagid endoparasitoid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for FIGITINAE (a subfamily of sarcophagid endoparasitoid wasps)
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