Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Lesser Pennant Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGasteruption assectator (Lesser Pennant Wasp)
GenusGasteruption (pennant wasps)
FamilyGASTERUPTIIDAE (pennant wasps)
SuperfamilyEVANIOIDEA (ensign and pennant parasitoid 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 Gasteruption assectator (Lesser Pennant Wasp) :
1: Gasteruption assectator (Lesser Pennant Wasp)
2 Aug 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Johansson, N. & van Achterberg, C. 2016 Revision of the Palaearctic Gasteruption assectator aggregate, with special reference to Sweden (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) ZooKeys Vol 615: 73-94.

Gasteruption assectator (Lesser Pennant Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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