Exetastes adpressorius (Thunberg, 1824)
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExetastes adpressorius (a banchine ichneumon)
GenusExetastes (a genus of banchine ichneumons)
TribeBanchini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine 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 Exetastes adpressorius (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Exetastes adpressorius (a banchine ichneumon)
21 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver background
2: Exetastes adpressorius (a banchine ichneumon)
16 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - hind coxae and sternites 1-3 - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Exetastes adpressorius (a banchine ichneumon)
3 Aug 2019 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - metasoma - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Male - head and pronotum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - metasternum and coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Exetastes adpressorius (a banchine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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