Gnotus chionops (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGnotus chionops (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
GenusGnotus (a genus of phygadeuontine 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 Gnotus chionops (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Gnotus chionops (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
11 Apr 2022 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Dogs Mercury on woodland floor, c 5pm.
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - clypeus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - clypeus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 23: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 25: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Gnotus chionops (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gnotus chionops (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
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