Gelis hortensis (Christ, 1791)
(an ant-mimic ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGelis hortensis (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
GenusGelis (ant-mimic ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Gelis hortensis (an ant-mimic ichneumon) :
1: Gelis hortensis (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
5 Nov 2021 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept from reedbed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Gelis hortensis (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
14 Mar 2020 OSGR: ST44 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female, from skirt of dead leaves on Tussock Sedge tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view with 1st flagellomere overlaid - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - post-petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and petiole - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Gelis hortensis (an ant-mimic ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gelis hortensis (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gelis hortensis (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
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