Epitomus infuscatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a phaeogenine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEpitomus infuscatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
TribePhaeogenini (phaeogenine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Epitomus infuscatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon) :
1: Epitomus infuscatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
1 Feb 2020 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tall Fescue tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head, antennae and fore legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head, antennae and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - hind parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - scutellum, propodeum and post-petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Diller, E. 1981

Die Arten der Gattung Dilleritomus Aubert, 1979 und Epitomus Foerster, 1868

(Ichneumonidae, Phaeogenini)

 Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 2 (1): 1-10.

Epitomus infuscatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Epitomus infuscatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Epitomus infuscatus (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
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