Stilbops ruficornis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a stilbopine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStilbops ruficornis (a stilbopine ichneumon)
GenusStilbops (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilySTILBOPINAE (stilbopine 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 Stilbops ruficornis (a stilbopine ichneumon) :
1: Stilbops ruficornis (a stilbopine ichneumon)
11 Jul 2022 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, swept off Field Scabious flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal 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 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Stilbops ruficornis (a stilbopine ichneumon)
11 Jul 2022 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, swept off Field Scabious flowers
Image 1: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Stilbops ruficornis (a stilbopine ichneumon)
10 Jul 1999 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Female, on Field Scabious flower
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - latero-ventral view - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - thorax - dorsal view - dark backgroundImage 5: Female - thorax - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 6: Wings - pale 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.

Stilbops ruficornis (a stilbopine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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