Trychosis legator (Thunberg, 1824)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrychosis legator (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusTrychosis (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Trychosis legator (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Trychosis legator (a cryptine ichneumon)
12 Jul 2023 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Trychosis legator (a cryptine ichneumon)
25 Jun 2022 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and mid and hind coxae - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum, mid and hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - hind margin mesosternum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - prepectus - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - prepectus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.

Trychosis legator (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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