Lissonota biguttata Holmgren, 1860
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLissonota biguttata (a banchine ichneumon)
GenusLissonota (a genus of banchine ichneumons)
TribeAtrophini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine 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 Lissonota biguttata (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Lissonota biguttata (a banchine ichneumon)
15 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, investigating dead wood, in garden
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 10: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 15: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Vas. Z. 2015 New records of ichneumon wasps in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia with a key to the Western Palaearctic Xylophrurus species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Folia Entomologica Hungarica rovartani kozlemenyek Vol 76: 223-240.

Lissonota biguttata (a banchine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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