Pseudorhyssa nigricornis (Ratzeburg 1852)
(a pimpline ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPseudorhyssa nigricornis (a pimpline ichneumon)
TribeDelomeristini (delomeristine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Pseudorhyssa nigricornis (a pimpline ichneumon) :
1: Pseudorhyssa nigricornis (a pimpline ichneumon)
7 May 2023 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, near woodpile with *Rhyssa persuasoria*.
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up II - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up I - white backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mouthparts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole and hind coxa - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum, petiole and posterior coxae - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 19: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Spradbery, J.P. 1968 The biology of Pseudorhyssa sternata Merrill (Hym.: Ichneumonidae), a cleptoparasite of Siricid woodwasps Bulletin of Entomological Research Vol 59: 291-297.
Varga, O. 2015 A review of the subfamily Poemeniinae Narayanan & Lal, 1953 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Carpathians Journal of Insect Biodiversity Vol 3 (7): 1-14.

Pseudorhyssa nigricornis (a pimpline ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pseudorhyssa nigricornis (a pimpline ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pseudorhyssa nigricornis (a pimpline ichneumon)
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