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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDusona blanda (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 blanda (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Dusona blanda (a campoplegine ichneumon)
25 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - epicnemium - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - epicnemium - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 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 - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole, T1 and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - T1 and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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