Gelis proximus (Förster, 1850)
(a moth ant-mimic ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGelis proximus (a moth 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 proximus (a moth ant-mimic ichneumon) :
1: Gelis proximus (a moth ant-mimic ichneumon)
2 Nov 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, from Tufted Hairgrass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Gelis proximus (a moth ant-mimic ichneumon)
6 Mar 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, inside Tor Grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - half dehydrated - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Gelis proximus (a moth ant-mimic ichneumon)
6 Mar 2020 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, inside Tor Grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - front three-quarter view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Gelis proximus (a moth ant-mimic ichneumon)
6 Mar 2020 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, inside Tor Grass tussock, under birch and Hazel
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal base - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma and petiole - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum - ventral view plus flagellomere-1 - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ovipositor - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Gelis proximus (a moth ant-mimic ichneumon)
25 Jan 2020 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Wingless female, in Tor Grass tussock, beside path by recently mown area
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver background

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

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