Cosmoconus meridionator Aubert, 1963
(a tryphonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
GenusCosmoconus (a genus of tryphonine ichneumons)
TribeTryphonini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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 Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon) :
1: Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
8 Sep 2019 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
2 females, visiting Burnet Saxifrage
Image 1: Female - antennae, head and mesosoma - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mid parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum and metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
8 Sep 2019 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
1 female, 4 males visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
2 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, visitiing Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - antennae - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - hind tarsus - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - front three-quarter view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head with frontal horn - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head with frontal horn - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
2 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
3 females, visitiing Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
2 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, visitiing Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head showing frontal horn - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver background
6: Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
31 Aug 2017 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visitiing Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cosmoconus meridionator (a tryphonine ichneumon)

A medium-sized ichneumon whose larvae are parasitoids of sawflies, eg Rhogogaster viridis. The commonest species of the genus, the adults are usually found visiting umbels.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Kasparyan, D.R. (trans.: Chakravarthy, R.S.), 1981Ichneumonidae (Subfamily Tryphoninae) Tribe TryphoniniFauna of the USSR, New Series, No. 106, English translation edition, 388 + indexpp, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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