Bathythrix pellucidator (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBathythrix pellucidator (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
GenusBathythrix (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 Bathythrix pellucidator (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Bathythrix pellucidator (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
31 May 2025 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off flowers of Purging Buckthorn
Image 1: Male - F1-3 - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - tyloids - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennae - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - hind legs and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - hind-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - mesosoma and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 31: Male - ventral view - closeu-p - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 32: Male - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 33: Male - postpetiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Bathythrix pellucidator (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female, emerged from Hoverfly puparium
Image 1: Exit hole in Hoverfly puparium - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 2: Female - anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 7: Female - postero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Hoverfly puparium - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Hoverfly puparium - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Hoverfly puparium - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged

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

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