Clistopyga rufator Holmgren, 1856
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClistopyga rufator (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 rufator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Clistopyga rufator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
15 Aug 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off stunted reeds
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - petioe and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennal bases - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - T2-4 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Clistopyga rufator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
15 Jun 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, reddish specimen, by sweeping sparse patch of short Common Reed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole and T2 - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae and and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - terminalia - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - sternites 4-6 - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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