Ophion ocellaris Ulbricht, 1926
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphion ocellaris (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusOphion (ophion wasps)
SubfamilyOPHIONINAE (ophionine 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 Ophion ocellaris (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ophion ocellaris (an ichneumon wasp)
10 Jun 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at light in the evening
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - anterior view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - highly enlarged - white 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.
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Ophion ocellaris (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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