Cryptopimpla calceolata (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptopimpla calceolata (a banchine ichneumon)
GenusCryptopimpla (a genus of hymenopterans)
TribeAtrophini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine 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 Cryptopimpla calceolata (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Cryptopimpla calceolata (a banchine ichneumon)
29 Sep 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, general sweeping on rough, short acid grassland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Cryptopimpla calceolata (a banchine ichneumon)
2 Oct 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-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 - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - antenna tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Cryptopimpla calceolata (a banchine ichneumon)
26 Sep 2019 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off streamside vegetation
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - ventral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - metasoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Cryptopimpla calceolata (a banchine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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