Ectemnius lituratus (Panzer, 1804)
(a solitary wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEctemnius lituratus (a solitary wasp)
GenusEctemnius (a genus of solitary wasps)
FamilyCRABRONIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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 Ectemnius lituratus (a solitary wasp) :
1: Ectemnius lituratus (a solitary wasp)
30 Jul 2014 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 6: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - pygidium - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Ectemnius lituratus (a solitary wasp)
30 Jul 2014 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and forepart of thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Ectemnius lituratus (a solitary wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ectemnius lituratus (a solitary wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ectemnius lituratus (a solitary wasp)
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