Polemochartus liparae (Giraud, 1863)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolemochartus liparae (a death wasp)
GenusPolemochartus (a genus of alysiine death wasps)
TribeDacnusini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death 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 Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp) :
1: Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp)
28 May 2016 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
emerged from over-wintered Lipara lucens galls on Common Reed
Image 1: Adult - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Adult - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Adult - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Adult - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Wings - magnified - white background (2)Image 12: Adult - abdomen - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Adult - head and antennae - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Adult - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Adult - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Adult - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Adult - head - postero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Adult - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Adult - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Adult - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp)

A large reddish and black braconid wasp that parasitises Lipara lucens larvae in the cigar-galls that they cause on Common Reed (Phragmites australis). It is widespread in reed-beds in the southern half of mainland Britain and commonly reared from the cigar-like galls of its host.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Anderson, J.B., Bruhn, J.N., Kasimer, D., Wang, H., Rodrigue, N. & Smith, M.L., 2018Clonal evolution and genome stability in a 2500-year-old fungal individualProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285.
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