Diadegma erucator (Zetterstedt, 1838)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiadegma erucator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusDiadegma (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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 Diadegma erucator (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Diadegma erucator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
13 Oct 2021 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off massed dead seed heads of St John’s wort.
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind femora, petiole and base of T2 - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - hind claw - anterior (outer) view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - metasoma apex with notches - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Diadegma erucator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
7 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - hind tibia and metatarsus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ovipositor sheath and hind tibia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ovipositor sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - T6 and T7 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Diadegma erucator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
24 Jul 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Female - head, mesoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - T6 and T7 - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Diadegma erucator (a campoplegine ichneumon) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
17 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 females, investigating Spear Thistle phyllaries
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head, thorax, propodeum and metasoma base - dorsal view - close- - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head, thorax, propodeum and metasoma base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, thorax, propodeum and metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ovipositor sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Diadegma erucator (a campoplegine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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