Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator
(a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregateGlypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons)
GenusGlypta (a genus of banchine ichneumon wasps)
TribeGlyptini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine 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 Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons) :
1: Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons)
11 Aug 2023 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off flowering Common Knapweed
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons)
10 Aug 2023 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Angelica umbel, close to Common Knapweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ovipositor extreme tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and T2-T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons)
18 Jul 2019 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, on Spear Thistle capitulum
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - metasoma and hind femora and tibiae - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons)
18 Jul 2019 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, netted near Spear Thistle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - metasoma and hind tibia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons)
8 Jul 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Glypta mensurator/nigrotrochanterator (a pair of often indistinguishable banchine ichneumons) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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