Dicaelotus pumilus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a phaeogenine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicaelotus pumilus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
GenusDicaelotus (a genus of phaeogenine ichneumon wasps)
TribePhaeogenini (phaeogenine 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 Dicaelotus pumilus (a phaeogenine ichneumon) :
1: Dicaelotus pumilus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
4 Mar 2023 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Compact Rush tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Dicaelotus pumilus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
10 Oct 2022 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Dogs Mercury in woodland
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind femora, petiole and T2 - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind femora, postpetiole and T2 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Dicaelotus pumilus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
3 Oct 2022 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Purple Moor-grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - hind femora and tibiae, post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum and coxae - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mid and hind coxae - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Dicaelotus pumilus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
25 Jan 2020 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tor Grass tussock, beside path by recently mown area
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and metasoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - hind parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - postpetiole and T2 - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - postpetiole and T2 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum and postpetiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 16: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propdeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - scutellum, propodeum, postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Dicaelotus pumilus (a phaeogenine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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