Enicospilus combustus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a nocturnal ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEnicospilus combustus (a nocturnal ichneumon wasp)
GenusEnicospilus (a genus of nocturnal ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyOPHIONINAE (ophionine 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 Enicospilus combustus (a nocturnal ichneumon wasp) :
1: Enicospilus combustus (a nocturnal ichneumon wasp)
6 Aug 2016 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, at night, at light
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - antero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - metasoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - thorax amd propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Enicospilus combustus (a nocturnal ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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