Helcostizus restaurator (Fabricius, 1775)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHelcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon)
28 Apr 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, at MV sheet, after dark
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - hind-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - antenna - postero-dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sawoniewicz, J. 2003 Zur Systematik und Faunistik europäischer Ichneumonidae II (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Band 24 Heft 15: 209-228.

Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Helcostizus restaurator (a cryptine ichneumon)

A small cryptine ichneumon, easily recognised in the male by the swollen tyloids starting at flagellomere 10. The larvae are parasites of wood boring beetles, eg Pissodes.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Williams, D.J.M. & Langor, D.W., 2002Rearing, identification and biology of parasitoids and predators associated with Pissodes weevils in Canada.Information Report, 47pp, Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service - Northern Forestry Centre
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