Apaeleticus inimicus (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApaeleticus inimicus (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusApaeleticus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribePlatylabini (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 Apaeleticus inimicus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Apaeleticus inimicus (an ichneumon wasp)
12 Aug 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 (base) - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shirzadegan, F., Talebi, A.A., Riedel, M. and Hajiqanbar, H. 2017 Two newly recorded species of the tribe Platylabini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from Iran Journal of Crop Protection Vol 6 (2): 401-408.

Apaeleticus inimicus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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