Chasmias motatorius (Fabricius, 1775)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusChasmias (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
6 Aug 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, black form, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosternum and anterior coxae - 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
2: Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
16 Oct 2021 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, in Tufted Hairgrass clump
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
3: Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
13 Jul 2021 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off rank grass beside sedge bed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mouthparts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - ventro-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - petiole, gastrocoeli and thyridia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum, petiole, T2 and hind coxa - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head and pronotum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
19 Mar 2021 OSGR: NN50 56° 10’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, hibernating under bark but in a wet and rotting log
Image 1: Female - no antennal band - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - no antennal band - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
5: Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
4 Feb 2021 OSGR: TF83 52° 50’ N, 0° 40’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
2 females, hibernating in dead reedmace base
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
6: Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
31 Dec 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - propodeum, postpetiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
7: Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
27 Feb 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 females, in Common Rush tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral 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 - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 12: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum, propodeum, post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Chasmias motatorius (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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