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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArotrephes speculator (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 speculator (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Arotrephes speculator (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
27 Mar 2022 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - body - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - body - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - 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 mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - 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 - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - metasoma base - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole and metasoma base - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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