Acrotomus lucidulus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcrotomus lucidulus (an ichneumon wasp)
TribeTryphonini (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)
Records of Acrotomus lucidulus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Acrotomus lucidulus (an ichneumon wasp)
17 Apr 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, indoors, at window
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - hind parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - scutellum, subscutellum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - scutellum, subscutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - thorax - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gupta, V. 1991 A Review of the Exenterine Genus Acrotomus Holmgren, 1855 (Hymenoptera, lchneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 12 (3): 33-48.

Acrotomus lucidulus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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