Exephanes ischioxanthus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExephanes ischioxanthus (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusExephanes (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Exephanes ischioxanthus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Exephanes ischioxanthus (an ichneumon wasp)
21 Jun 2023 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from down-wind edge of patch of sparse stunted reeds
Image 1: Male - fore basitarsi - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background
2: Exephanes ischioxanthus (an ichneumon wasp)
21 Jun 2023 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from down-wind edge of patch of sparse stunted reeds
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ovipositor - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - T5-7 and ovipositor sheaths - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - anterior coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head, antennal bases and fore coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Exephanes ischioxanthus (an ichneumon wasp)
1 Jul 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, by general sweeping, at 1815 in the evening
Image 1: Male - antenna with tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - T1-3 - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 11: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Exephanes ischioxanthus (an ichneumon wasp)
3 May 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - hind coxae and petiole - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - hind coxae and sternites - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma tip - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma tip - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole, T1 and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum, petiole, T1 and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - thorax, propodeum and postpetiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Limerodes https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

Exephanes ischioxanthus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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