Cosmoconus nigriventris Kasparyan, 1971
(a tryphonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCosmoconus nigriventris (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 nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon) :
1: Cosmoconus nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon)
21 Sep 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 9: Female - head - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 11: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Cosmoconus nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon)
15 Oct 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - head and antennae - antero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - antero-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Cosmoconus nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon)
8 Sep 2019 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver background
4: Cosmoconus nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon)
22 Oct 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - antennae - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma apex with ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum and base of metasoma - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and base of metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver background
5: Cosmoconus nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon)
31 Aug 2017 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visitiing Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Forewing - stigma, areolet and zigzag vein (2mcu) - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - antennae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - metasoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - petiole and base of metasoma - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - petiole and base of metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum and base of metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Wings - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Cosmoconus nigriventris (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 nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cosmoconus nigriventris (a tryphonine ichneumon)

A medium-sized ichneumon whose larvae are parasitoids of sawflies, eg Tenthredo amoena.

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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