Dolichomitus mesocentrus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolichomitus mesocentrus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusDolichomitus (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Dolichomitus mesocentrus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Dolichomitus mesocentrus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
23 Sep 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - lateral viewImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view - close-up (3)Image 5: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged
2: Dolichomitus mesocentrus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
20 May 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - latero-ventral viewImage 4: Female - latero-ventral view - close-upImage 5: Female - ventral viewImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-up

Dolichomitus mesocentrus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dolichomitus mesocentrus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dolichomitus mesocentrus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Uncommon, widely distributed in the sourthern half of Britain. Flight period v-ix. It appears to be associated principally with beetle hosts in dead Quercus and Fagus.

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