Exetastes illusor Gravenhorst, 1829
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExetastes illusor (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 illusor (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Exetastes illusor (a banchine ichneumon)
6 Aug 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma tip - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - metasoma tip - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Exetastes illusor (a banchine ichneumon)
6 Jun 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off flowering Dogwood
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background

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

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