Probolus culpatorius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesProbolus culpatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusProbolus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribePlatylabini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Probolus culpatorius (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Probolus culpatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
23 Jun 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, in garden, on Red Clover initially - caught on Wild Strawberry
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antenal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma apex - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma apex - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 2000 Die europäischen Arten von Probolus WESMAEL, 1845 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 21 (25): 293-300.
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Probolus https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Probolus culpatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Probolus culpatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
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