Mimesa equestris (Fabricius, 1804)
(a solitary wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMimesa equestris (a solitary wasp)
GenusMimesa (a genus of solitary wasp)
FamilyCRABRONIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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 Mimesa equestris (a solitary wasp) :
1: Mimesa equestris (a solitary wasp)
2 Aug 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, at night, at MV light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
2: Mimesa equestris (a solitary wasp)
19 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
around sandy exposure
Image 1: Female - latero-dorsal viewImage 2: Female - latero-ventral view

Mimesa equestris (a solitary wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mimesa equestris (a solitary wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mimesa equestris (a solitary wasp)
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