Phytodietus basalis Kasparyan, 1993
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhytodietus basalis (a hymenopteran)
GenusPhytodietus (a genus of diurnal tryphonine ichneumons)
TribePhytodietini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Johansson, N. 2017 Phytodietus (Neuchorus) maculator and Phytodietus (Phytodietus) basalis, two parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tryphoninae) new to Sweden Ent. Tidskr. 138: 233-237.

Phytodietus basalis (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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