Megaplectes monticola (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegaplectes monticola (a cryptine ichneumon)
TribeAptesini (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 Megaplectes monticola (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Megaplectes monticola (a cryptine ichneumon)
26 Jul 2018 OSGR: ST44 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
male, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.

Regional/Nearctic

Townes, H. & Gupta, V.K. 1962 Part 4: Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Hemigasterini Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. No 2.

Megaplectes monticola (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 Megaplectes monticola (a cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Megaplectes monticola (a cryptine ichneumon)
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