Centeterus rubiginosus (Gmelin, 1790)
(a phaeogenine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCenteterus rubiginosus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
TribePhaeogenini (phaeogenine 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 Centeterus rubiginosus (a phaeogenine ichneumon) :
1: Centeterus rubiginosus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
17 Feb 2023 OSGR: SY59 50° 50’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hairgrass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Centeterus rubiginosus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
14 Mar 2020 OSGR: ST44 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
2 females, from skirt of dead leaves on Tussock Sedge tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 12: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Centeterus rubiginosus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
17 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU54 51° 10’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, by general sweeping beside woodland path
Image 1: Male - fore parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Centeterus rubiginosus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
18 Jul 2019 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Selfa, J. & Diller, E. 1991 Una nueva especie de la tribu Phaeogenini de Espana (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 12 (1): 1-9.

Centeterus rubiginosus (a phaeogenine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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