Diadegma chrysostictos (Gmelin, 1790)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiadegma chrysostictos (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusDiadegma (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 Diadegma chrysostictos (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Diadegma chrysostictos (a campoplegine ichneumon)
13 May 2023 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off flowering Cow Parsley
Image 1: Female - ovipositor - 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 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head, mesosoma, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head, mesosoma, petiole and T2 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - T5-7 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. & Shaw, M.R. 1984

The taxonomy and biology of Diadegma chrysostictos (Gmelin) and Diadegma fabricianae sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

 Systematic Entomology Vol 9 (3): 329-337.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diadegma chrysostictos (a campoplegine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Diadegma chrysostictos (a campoplegine ichneumon)
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