Mesoleptus incessor (Haliday, 1839)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesoleptus incessor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
GenusMesoleptus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Mesoleptus incessor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Mesoleptus incessor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
3 Aug 2019 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 13: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - 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.

Mesoleptus incessor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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