Cycasis rubiginosa (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a tryphonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCycasis rubiginosa (a tryphonine ichneumon)
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 Cycasis rubiginosa (a tryphonine ichneumon) :
1: Cycasis rubiginosa (a tryphonine ichneumon)
8 Jun 2023 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - 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 - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 15: Female - T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Cycasis rubiginosa (a tryphonine ichneumon)
23 May 2023 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping
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 - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - propodeum (dorsal view) and petiole (postero-dorsal view) - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - ventral view - close-up - 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 backgroundImage 23: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - scutellum and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - subtegular ridge - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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