Homotropus pictus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHomotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
GenusHomotropus (a genus of diplazontine ichneumons)
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine 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 Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
3 Sep 2023 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Fennel at roadside
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
13 Sep 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off hedge (ash saplings and hawthorn)
Image 1: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - antennae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and anterior part of thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind femur and tibia - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - tyloids - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - tyloids on antenna - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - tyloids on antenna - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
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