Campoplex deficiens Gravenhorst, 1829
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCampoplex deficiens (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusCampoplex (a genus of campoplegine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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 Campoplex deficiens (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Campoplex deficiens (a campoplegine ichneumon)
18 Jul 2019 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, on Spear Thistle capitulum
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - latero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - latero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - genal carinae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - post-petiole and T2 - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Di Giovanni F., Scaramozzino P.L., Loni A. & Lucchi A. 2021 Taxonomic revision of the Campoplex difformis group (Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae), with particular reference to species of economic importance European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 740: 1-135.

Campoplex deficiens (a campoplegine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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