Tersilochus microgaster (Szépligeti, 1899)
(a tersilochine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTersilochus microgaster (a tersilochine ichneumon)
GenusTersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)
SubfamilyTERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine 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 Tersilochus microgaster (a tersilochine ichneumon) :
1: Tersilochus microgaster (a tersilochine ichneumon)
1 Mar 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Tersilochus microgaster (a tersilochine ichneumon)
26 Feb 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propdeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and petiole base - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Barari, H., Ferguson, A.W., Piper, R.W., Smith, E., Quicke, D.L.J. & Williams, I.H. 2005 The separation of two hymenopteran parasitoids, Tersilochus obscurator and Tersilochus microgaster (Ichneumonidae), of stem-mining pests of winter oilseed rape using DNA, morphometric and ecological data Bulletin of Entomological Research Vol 95: 299-307.

Tersilochus microgaster (a tersilochine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tersilochus microgaster (a tersilochine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tersilochus microgaster (a tersilochine ichneumon)
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