Sapyga quinquepunctata (Fabricius, 1781)
(a solitary wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSapyga quinquepunctata (a solitary wasp)
FamilySAPYGIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
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 Sapyga quinquepunctata (a solitary wasp) :
1: Sapyga quinquepunctata (a solitary wasp)
16 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females emerged from Red Mason Bee hotel kept indoors for last month
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - scutellum, postscutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background

Sapyga quinquepunctata (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 Sapyga quinquepunctata (a solitary wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sapyga quinquepunctata (a solitary wasp)
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