Aritranis director (Thunberg, 1824)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusAritranis (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 Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
24 Jun 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, form with white tarsi, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male (white on face and hind tarsi) - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male (white on face and hind tarsi) - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male (white on face and hind tarsi) - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male (white on face and hind tarsi) - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male (white on face and hind tarsi) - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male (white on face and hind tarsi) - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male (white on face and hind tarsi) - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - tyloids - oblique view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
13 Jun 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, (form with white on scutellum and hind tarsi), in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male (white on scutellum and hind tarsi) - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male (white on scutellum and hind tarsi) - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
3: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
18 May 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - post-petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
15 May 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Dark-legged male, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Male with dark middle legs - dorsal view - wings spread - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male with dark middle legs - dorsal view - wings spread - highly enlarged - silver background
5: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
4 May 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Dark-legged male, in Malaise trap.
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
6: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
25 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Dark-legged male, with red postpetiole, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Male (with red postpetiole) - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male (with red postpetiole) - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male (with red postpetiole) - metasoma base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male (with red postpetiole) - T1-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
7: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
23 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Dark-legged male, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
8: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
22 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Dark-legged male, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - wings back - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - tyloids on antenna - posterior (outer lateral) view - microscope low magnification - silver background
9: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
26 Jun 2019 OSGR: SZ29 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Dark-legged male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head, thorax, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - thorax, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - thorax, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
10: Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon)
28 Jul 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male with white on hind tarsi, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Aritranis director (a cryptine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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