Amphibulus gracilis Kriechbaumer, 1893
(a hymenopteran)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmphibulus gracilis (a hymenopteran)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Amphibulus gracilis (a hymenopteran) :
1: Amphibulus gracilis (a hymenopteran)
21 Oct 2021 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennal bases - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - petiole - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum, hind coxa and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - T1 and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Luhman, J.C. 1991 A Revision of the World Amphlbulus Kriechbaumer (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Phygadeuontinae) Insecta Mundi Vol 5 (3-4): 129-152.
Sawoniewicz, J. 1990 Revision of European species of the subtribe Endaseina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), II Genus Amphibulus Kriechbaumer, 1893 Annales zoologici Vol 43 (11): 287-291.
Sawoniewicz, J. 1985 Revision of European species of the subtribe Endaseina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), I Annales zoologici Vol 39 (6): 131-146.

Amphibulus gracilis (a hymenopteran) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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