Clistopyga incitator (Fabricius, 1793)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClistopyga incitator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusClistopyga (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Clistopyga incitator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Clistopyga incitator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
16 Jun 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, dark form, found indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind legs and metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - enlarged - 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 and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Clistopyga incitator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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