Eutanyacra crispatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusEutanyacra (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine 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 Eutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Eutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp)
15 Sep 2021 OSGR: SU21 50° 60’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off aphid-infested Broad-leaved Dock
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver background
2: Eutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp)
5 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting late umbellifer
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - scutellum and propodeum -dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - scutellum and propodeum -dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background
3: Eutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp)
29 Dec 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Purple Moor-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - coxae II and III - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 6: Female - lateral view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - wings up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mesosternum, and coxae II and III - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver background
4: Eutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp)
30 Oct 2016 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, crawling through litter on woodland floor
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - pedicel and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propdeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 15: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
5: Eutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp)
12 Sep 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, flying through bracken leaves
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - genitalia - hypopygium removed and opened out - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - genitalia - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - hind-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mid-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum and basal tergites - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum and metasoma base - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 19: Male - aedeagus (penis valves) - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 20: Male - aedeagus (penis valves) - microscope low magnification - white background (2)Image 21: Male - digitus and basivolsella - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 22: Male - digitus and basivolsella - microscope low magnification - white background (2)Image 23: Male - digitus and basivolsella - microscope low magnification - white background (3)Image 24: Male - hypopygium - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 25: Male - paramere, digitius and basivolsella - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 26: Male - paramere, digitus and basivolsella - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 27: Male - penis valves - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 28: Male - pygostyles - microscope low magnification - white background

Eutanyacra crispatoria (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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