Trematopygodes aprilinus (Giraud, 1872)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrematopygodes aprilinus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
TribePerilissini (a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Trematopygodes aprilinus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Trematopygodes aprilinus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
30 Apr 2021 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off head-height, freshly-leafed oak branches
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hinz, R. & Horstmann, K. 1998 Holarctic species of Trematopygodes Aubert (Insecta Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae) Spixiana Vol 21 (3): 241-251.
Hinz, R. 1980 *** Die europäischen Arten der Gattung Trematopygodes Aubert (Hym. Ichneumonidae) ***(Superseded) Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen Vol 29: 89-93.

Trematopygodes aprilinus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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