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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExephanes occupator (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 occupator (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Exephanes occupator (an ichneumon wasp)
30 Aug 2021 OSGR: NN43 56° 30’ N, 4° 30’ W Vice County: Mid Perth (VC 88) Scotland
Male
Image 1: Male - antennae - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - antenna with tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - hind coxae and metasoma base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - hind coxae and metasoma base - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - hind coxae, petiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - metasoma base - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - propodeum, hind coxae and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 31: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 32: Male - metasoma apex - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 33: Male - metasoma tip - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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