Macrocentrus nitidus (Wesmael, 1835)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrocentrus nitidus (a death wasp)
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)
Records of Macrocentrus nitidus (a death wasp) :
1: Macrocentrus nitidus (a death wasp)
8 Sep 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
2 males, at MV light trap
Image 1: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Hind trochantellus - anterior view - magnified - silver background
2: Macrocentrus nitidus (a death wasp) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
6 Aug 2016 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, at night, at light
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - propodeum and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver background

Macrocentrus nitidus (a death wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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