Macrocentrus Curtis, 1833
(a genus of death wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Macrocentrus bicolor
a death wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 23 images
Macrocentrus collaris
a death wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Macrocentrus nidulator
a death wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 25 images
Macrocentrus nitidus
a death wasp
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Macrocentrus sylvestrellae
a death wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Macrocentrus (unidentified)
Unidentified Macrocentrus Death Wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 19 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMacrocentrus (a genus of death wasps)
SubfamilyMACROCENTRINAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Eady, R.D. & Clark, J.J.J. 1964 A Revision of the Genus Macrocentrus Curtis (Hym. Braconidae) in Europe with Descriptions of Four New Species. Ent. Gazette Vol 15: 97-127.

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

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