Aritranis nigripes (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAritranis nigripes (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusAritranis (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Aritranis nigripes (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Aritranis nigripes (a cryptine ichneumon)
18 Jul 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 13: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - postpetiole and T2 base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum, hind coxa, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - tail spot - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schwarz, M. 2005 Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen von Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 1 Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 37 (2): 1641-1710.

Aritranis nigripes (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aritranis nigripes (a cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aritranis nigripes (a cryptine ichneumon)
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