Cymodusa declinator (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCymodusa declinator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusCymodusa (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
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 Cymodusa declinator (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Cymodusa declinator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
6 Oct 2021 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off Wild Carrot
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Cymodusa declinator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
13 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Cymodusa declinator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
8 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting late umbellifer
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and pronotum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 2013 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XVII (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 103: 113-126.

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

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