Echthrus reluctator (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEchthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon)
TribeAptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon)
28 May 2021 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and metasoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum, hind coxa and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum, hind coxa and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - T1 and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.

Echthrus reluctator (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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