Perilissus albitarsis Thomson, 1883
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPerilissus albitarsis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusPerilissus (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribePerilissini (a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Perilissus albitarsis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Perilissus albitarsis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
5 May 2022 OSGR: ST71 50° 60’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Grey Sallow
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and mix coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - hind claw - outer lateral view - highly magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Perilissus albitarsis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
22 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off flowering Lesser Fleabane
Image 1: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal 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 - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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.

Perilissus albitarsis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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