Cryptus tuberculatus Gravenhorst, 1829
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptus tuberculatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusCryptus (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 Cryptus tuberculatus (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Cryptus tuberculatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
22 May 2023 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off flowering Alexanders
Image 1: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head, antennal bases and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head, antennal bases and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - fore legs - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - fore legs - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - head and mouthparts - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 27: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Cryptus tuberculatus (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 Cryptus tuberculatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cryptus tuberculatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
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