Torymus rubi (Schrank, 1781)
(a chalcid wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTorymus rubi (a chalcid wasp)
GenusTorymus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
TribeTorymini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyTORYMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTORYMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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 Torymus rubi (a chalcid wasp) :
1: Torymus rubi (a chalcid wasp)
4 May 2016 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, emerged from Diastrophus rubi gall in Dewberry stem
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - face - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, antennae and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, antennae and thorax - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Torymus rubi (a chalcid wasp)
4 May 2016 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, emerged from Diastrophus rubi gall in Dewberry stem
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - face - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head, antennae and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Wings - microscope low magnification - white background

Torymus rubi (a chalcid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Torymus rubi (a chalcid wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Torymus rubi (a chalcid wasp)
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