Agriotypus armatus Curtis, 1832
(Caddis Ichneumon Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgriotypus armatus (Caddis Ichneumon Wasp)
SubfamilyAGRIOTYPINAE (caddis ichneumons)
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 Agriotypus armatus (Caddis Ichneumon Wasp) :
1: Agriotypus armatus (Caddis Ichneumon Wasp)
7 May 2022 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and prothorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - hind 5th tarsomere and claw - outer lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum and propodeum - oblique view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - oblique view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 22: Female - scutellum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Agriotypus armatus (Caddis Ichneumon Wasp)
27 Apr 2022 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Male, under stone by bend in river
Image 1: Male - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - petiole and T2 - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - petiole and T2 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - metasoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - petiole and hind coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - scutellum and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - scutellum and propodeum - oblique view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - scutellum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Male - thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bjelanovic, K., Živic, I., Petrovic, A., Djordjevic, J., Markovic, Z. & Žikic, V. 2014 Agriotypus armatus Curtis, 1832, a parasitoid of Silo pallipes Fabricius, 1781: The first record for the Balkan Peninsula Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems Vol 414 (5).

Agriotypus armatus (Caddis Ichneumon Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agriotypus armatus (Caddis Ichneumon Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agriotypus armatus (Caddis Ichneumon Wasp)
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