Heinrichiella obscura (Gravenhorst, 1823)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHeinrichiella obscura (an ichneumon wasp)
SubfamilyOPHIONINAE (ophionine 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 Heinrichiella obscura (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Heinrichiella obscura (an ichneumon wasp)
23 Aug 2023 OSGR: TQ30 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Male, hand netted over low vegetation
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - 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 - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 8: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - propodeum, petiole, T2 and T3 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R. & Voogd, J. 2019 Notes on the biology, morphology and generic placement of “Hellwigia” obscura Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 69: 29-53.

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

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