Pleolophus brachypterus (Gravenhorst, 1815)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPleolophus brachypterus (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusPleolophus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
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 Pleolophus brachypterus (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Pleolophus brachypterus (a cryptine ichneumon)
20 May 2023 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off flowering Wood Spurge
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - antennal segments with tyloids - side view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - antennal segments with tyloids - top view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - propopdeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - propopdeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Pleolophus brachypterus (a cryptine ichneumon)
17 Sep 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept from patch of regrowing grazed Reed Sweet-grass
Image 1: Male - antenna - outer lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - proppdeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - tyloids on flagellomeres 10-14 - side view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - tyloids on flagellomeres 9-14 - top view - magnified - silver 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.

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