Dusona bicoloripes (Ashmead, 1906)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDusona bicoloripes (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusDusona (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 Dusona bicoloripes (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Dusona bicoloripes (a campoplegine ichneumon)
28 May 2021 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from grass/sedge in woodland
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - T2 and T3 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 20: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole - lateral 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.

Dusona bicoloripes (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 Dusona bicoloripes (a campoplegine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dusona bicoloripes (a campoplegine ichneumon)
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