Arotrephes perfusor (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArotrephes perfusor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
GenusArotrephes (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
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 Arotrephes perfusor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Arotrephes perfusor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
7 May 2023 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Wood Spurge
Image 1: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - T1-3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Arotrephes perfusor (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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