Chasmodon apterus (Nees, 1812)
(an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp)

Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp)
TribeAlysiini (a tribe of Alysiine exodont death wasps)
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Belokobylskij, S.A. & Kula, R.R. 2012 Review of the brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous Braconidae of the cyclostome lineage (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from the Palearctic Region Zootaxa Vol 3240: 1-62.
van Achterberg, C. 1975 A new species of Chasmodon Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 49: 73-79.

Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp)
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