Dirophanes regenerator (Fabricius, 1804)
(a phaeogenine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDirophanes regenerator (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
GenusDirophanes (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 Dirophanes regenerator (a phaeogenine ichneumon) :
1: Dirophanes regenerator (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
9 Nov 2022 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, in Pendulous Sedge tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 (base) - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - hind coxae - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - hind coxae, propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 33: Female - petiole and thyridia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 34: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 35: Female - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 36: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 37: Female - propodeum and hind coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 38: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Dirophanes regenerator (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
5 May 2022 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Pendulous Sedge
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - propodeum, petiole and posterior coxae - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and fore coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole and base of T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae, petiole and base of T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)

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

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