Aoplus defraudator (Wesmael, 1845)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAoplus defraudator (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusAoplus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Aoplus defraudator (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Aoplus defraudator (an ichneumon wasp)
11 Nov 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, under loose moss-covered bark on fallen tree
Image 1: Female - body and legs - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma and hind femora - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - antennal tip - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - broadest flagellomeres - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - hypopygium and ovipositor - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - mid and hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Aoplus defraudator (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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