Fredegunda diluta (Ratzeburg, 1852)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFredegunda diluta (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Fredegunda diluta (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Fredegunda diluta (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
15 Jun 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
4 females, by sweeping Common Reed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal 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 - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - T1-3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Fredegunda diluta (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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