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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGambrus ornatus (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 ornatus (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Gambrus ornatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
15 Aug 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off maritime grasses
Image 1: Female - antenna - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole and base of T2 - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole base - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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