Exetastes laevigator (Villers, 1789)
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExetastes laevigator (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 laevigator (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Exetastes laevigator (a banchine ichneumon)
7 Jul 2023 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 6: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 8: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - anterior view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole and base of T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background

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

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