Encrateola laevigata (Ratzeburg, 1848)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEncrateola laevigata (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Encrateola laevigata (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Encrateola laevigata (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
21 Sep 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from ruderal regrowth following cattle trampling around trough/feeding area
Image 1: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and pronotum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and pronotum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 7: Female - head and thorax - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 13: Female - head - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 24: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum - dorso-lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 1998 Revisionen einiger Gattungen und Arten der Phygadeuontini II (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 16 (26): 433-460.
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Encrateola laevigata (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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