Agrothereutes fumipennis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgrothereutes fumipennis (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusAgrothereutes (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 Agrothereutes fumipennis (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Agrothereutes fumipennis (a cryptine ichneumon)
1 Jul 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, by general sweeping, at 1850 in the evening
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mouthparts - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Agrothereutes fumipennis (a cryptine ichneumon)
17 Jul 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, at Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 1968 Revision einiger arten der gattungen Mesostenus Gravenhorst, Agrothereutes Foerster und Ischnus Gravenhorst [Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae] Entomophaga Vol 13 (2): 121-133.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agrothereutes fumipennis (a cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agrothereutes fumipennis (a cryptine ichneumon)
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