Tersilochus obscurator (Aubert, 1959)
(a tersilochine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTersilochus obscurator (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 obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon) :
1: Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon)
29 Apr 2022 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - postero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesopleuron with sternaulus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum - lateral 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 obscurator (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 obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon)
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