Chasmodon apterus (Nees, 1812)
(an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp)
TribeAlysiini (a tribe of Alysiine exodont death wasps)
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death 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 Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp) :
1: Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp)
22 Oct 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in Cocksfoot tussock
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - scutellum, propodeum and basal tergites - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Belokobylskij, S.A. & Kula, R.R. 2012 Review of the brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous Braconidae of the cyclostome lineage (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from the Palearctic Region Zootaxa Vol 3240: 1-62.
van Achterberg, C. 1975 A new species of Chasmodon Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 49: 73-79.

Chasmodon apterus (an apterous Alysiine exodont death wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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