Parmortha parvula (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParmortha parvula (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 Parmortha parvula (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Parmortha parvula (a cryptine ichneumon)
17 Sep 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept from patch of regrowing grazed Reed Sweet-grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - 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 thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole and T2 (base) - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum and posterior coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Habermehl, 1911 *** Revision der Cryptiden-Gattungen Cratocryptus C. G. Thoms. und Cubocephalus Ratzbg. unter Berücksichtigung einiger Gravenhorstschen und Thomsonschen Typen (Hym.) ***(Superseded) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 601-631.
Habermehl 1917 Superrevision der Cryptiden Gattung Cratocryphus C. G. Thoms, mit einer Tabelle zur Bestimmung der Arten (Hym.) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 61-64.

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.

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