Meteorus ruficeps Nees, 1834
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeteorus ruficeps (a death wasp)
GenusMeteorus (a genus of braconid wasps)
SubfamilyMETEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid 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 Meteorus ruficeps (a death wasp) :
1: Meteorus ruficeps (a death wasp)
24 Sep 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - closer-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Meteorus ruficeps (a death wasp)
24 Sep 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Female - body - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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