Exochus lictor Haliday, 1839
(a metopiine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExochus lictor (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 lictor (a metopiine ichneumon) :
1: Exochus lictor (a metopiine ichneumon)
30 Sep 2023 OSGR: SY59 50° 50’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from Nettles
Image 1: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - dorso-anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorso-anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - anterior coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - hind femora and tibiae, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 27: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 29: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 31: Male - mid legs and posterior coxae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 32: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 33: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 34: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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