Buathra laborator (Thunberg, 1824)
(False Slip Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBuathra laborator (False Slip Wasp)
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 Buathra laborator (False Slip Wasp) :
1: Buathra laborator (False Slip Wasp)
31 May 2022 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from flowering Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - silver background (2)
2: Buathra laborator (False Slip Wasp)
24 Jun 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Rather worn female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver background (2)
3: Buathra laborator (False Slip Wasp)
20 Jun 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Buathra laborator (False Slip Wasp)
2 May 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind leg - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background
5: Buathra laborator (False Slip Wasp)
21 Aug 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 15: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.
van Rossem, G. 1971 The genus Buathra Cameron in Europe (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 114: 201-207+Plate.

Buathra laborator (False Slip Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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