Cubocephalus distinctor (Thunberg, 1824)
(a cryptine ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCubocephalus distinctor (a cryptine ichneumon wasp)
GenusCubocephalus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeAptesini (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 Cubocephalus distinctor (a cryptine ichneumon wasp) :
1: Cubocephalus distinctor (a cryptine ichneumon wasp)
6 Jun 2022 OSGR: ST91 50° 60’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Nettle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - dorso-posterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - petiole - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - T2 and base of T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - tyloids - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sawoniewicz, J. 2003 Zur Systematik und Faunistik europäischer Ichneumonidae II (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Band 24 Heft 15: 209-228.

Cubocephalus distinctor (a cryptine ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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