Exochus gravipes (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(a metopiine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExochus gravipes (a metopiine ichneumon)
GenusExochus (a genus of metopiine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyMETOPIINAE (metopiine 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 Exochus gravipes (a metopiine ichneumon) :
1: Exochus gravipes (a metopiine ichneumon) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
24 Aug 2021 OSGR: SO77 52° 20’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
Male, in open heathy/grass clearing, mixed woodland.
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - hind leg - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 14: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 16: Male - mesosternum - vetnral view, and mid legs (part) - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - thorax and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Exochus gravipes (a metopiine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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