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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicaelotus ruficoxatus (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 ruficoxatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon) :
1: Dicaelotus ruficoxatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
13 Jun 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head, mesosoma and metasoma bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - antennal flagellum - outer view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - tyloids on antennal flagellum - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Dicaelotus ruficoxatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
29 May 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head, mesosoma and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head, mesosoma and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 14: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Dicaelotus ruficoxatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
6 Dec 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Wavy Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennae - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - propodeum, metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - lateral 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 - mid and hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dicaelotus ruficoxatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dicaelotus ruficoxatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)