Dusona aemula (Förster, 1868)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDusona aemula (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusDusona (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 Dusona aemula (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Dusona aemula (a campoplegine ichneumon)
20 Aug 2022 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Wild Fennel umbels
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 - lateral 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 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesosternum and epicnemial carina - ventral view, looking forward to fo - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - sheath and ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - T2 and T3 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - terminalia and hind basitarsus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dusona aemula (a campoplegine ichneumon)
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