Amblyjoppa proteus (Christ, 1791)
(Elephant-botherer Ichneumon Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmblyjoppa proteus (Elephant-botherer Ichneumon Wasp)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Amblyjoppa proteus (Elephant-botherer Ichneumon Wasp) :
1: Amblyjoppa proteus (Elephant-botherer Ichneumon Wasp)
10 Aug 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, in patch of Wild Strawberries in garden
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 8: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - hind femur - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum, and mid and hind coxae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - postpetiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum, hind coxa and femur, petiole and T2 - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum, hind coxa, petiole and T2 - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Protichneumonini of Great Britain and Ireland https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

Amblyjoppa proteus (Elephant-botherer Ichneumon Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amblyjoppa proteus (Elephant-botherer Ichneumon Wasp)
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