Zele chlorophthalmus (Spinola, 1808)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZele chlorophthalmus (a death wasp)
GenusZele (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 Zele chlorophthalmus (a death wasp) :
1: Zele chlorophthalmus (a death wasp)
5 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 - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, thorax and abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum, petiole and base of metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum, T1 and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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