Gelis melanophorus (Förster, 1851)
(an ant-mimic ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGelis melanophorus (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
GenusGelis (ant-mimic ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Gelis melanophorus (an ant-mimic ichneumon) :
1: Gelis melanophorus (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
4 Jan 2021 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tall Fescue tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - venreal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head, antennal bases and mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - mesonotum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesonotum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Gelis melanophorus (an ant-mimic ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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