Gambrus carnifex (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGambrus carnifex (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusGambrus (a genus of hymenopterans)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Gambrus carnifex (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Gambrus carnifex (a cryptine ichneumon)
2 Nov 2021 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from just inside reedbed
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 - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma and hind femora - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - tail spot - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - hind tarsus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 33: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.

Gambrus carnifex (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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