Gelis viduus (Förster, 1850)
(an ant-mimic ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGelis viduus (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 viduus (an ant-mimic ichneumon) :
1: Gelis viduus (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
19 Jan 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, inside Remote Sedge tussock at edge of muddy clearing
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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