Glypta woerzi (Hedwig, 1952)
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGlypta woerzi (a banchine ichneumon)
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 woerzi (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Glypta woerzi (a banchine ichneumon)
26 May 2021 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, emerged from Teasel heads, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - hind leg - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum, hind leg and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - head and mouthparts - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - head and mouthparts - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - head - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - inter-antennal tubercle - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - inter-antennal tubercle - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Glypta woerzi (a banchine ichneumon)
25 May 2021 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, emerged from Teasel heads, indoors
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - frontal horn - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Storey, M. 2023 The Phenology of the Darwin wasp Glypta woerzi (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) in Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 36: 195-198.

Glypta woerzi (a banchine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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