Cratichneumon flavifrons (Schrank, 1781)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCratichneumon flavifrons (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 flavifrons (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Cratichneumon flavifrons (an ichneumon wasp)
8 Jun 2022 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female with reddish metasoma
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - ventro-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - reddish form - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - reddish form - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - reddish form - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Cratichneumon flavifrons (an ichneumon wasp)
4 Jun 2022 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Male, in garden
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver background
3: Cratichneumon flavifrons (an ichneumon wasp)
24 Aug 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, inside window of summer house
Image 1: Female - antennae and head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum and hind coxae - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum -dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - thorax (hind end) - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Cratichneumon flavifrons (an ichneumon wasp)
26 Jul 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Male, dark form, sitting on Rhubarb leaf in garden
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - antenna with tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral 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 - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
5: Cratichneumon flavifrons (an ichneumon wasp)
14 May 2021 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, emerged from moth pupa (probably Angle Shades)
Image 1: Host pupa - remains of cremaster - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - antenna with tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - post-petiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum, propodeum, post-petiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
6: Cratichneumon flavifrons (an ichneumon wasp)
11 May 2019 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - 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 - ventral 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 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 19: Male - head - postero-ventro-lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - postero-ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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