Meloboris collector (Thunberg, 1824)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeloboris collector (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusMeloboris (a genus of campoplegine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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 Meloboris collector (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Meloboris collector (a campoplegine ichneumon)
3 Apr 2023 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole, T2, hind femora and bases of hind tibiae - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and porpodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Meloboris collector (a campoplegine ichneumon)
3 Apr 2023 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - hind torchanters, trochantelli and femora, petiole, T2 and T3 - antero-do - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesoosma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosoma, petiole and posterior coxae - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - petiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Meloboris collector (a campoplegine ichneumon)
11 Apr 2022 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Nettle, beside woodland path, c 5pm.
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 2013 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XVII (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 103: 113-126.

Meloboris collector (a campoplegine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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