Cratichneumon culex (Muller, 1776)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCratichneumon culex (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusCratichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Cratichneumon culex (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Cratichneumon culex (an ichneumon wasp)
27 May 2022 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off *Brachypodium", beside path
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Cratichneumon culex (an ichneumon wasp)
4 Aug 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from grass
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Cratichneumon culex (an ichneumon wasp)
18 May 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, around fallen sticks in sunny broadleaved woodland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (3)Image 6: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosoma, hind coxa and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - postero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - propodeum and T1-3 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - T1-3 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - T3-T4 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Cratichneumon culex (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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