Homotherus locutor (Thunberg, 1824)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHomotherus locutor (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusHomotherus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Homotherus locutor (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Homotherus locutor (an ichneumon wasp)
2 Aug 2022 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from fresh grass etc in shallow depression
Image 1: Male - antenna with tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 6: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - scutellum, postscutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - T2 with gastrocoeli and thyridia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Homotherus locutor (an ichneumon wasp)
2 Nov 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, from Wood Sedge tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and prothorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Homotherus locutor (an ichneumon wasp)
4 Jan 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Purple Moor-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma and hind leg - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mid and hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - antero-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum, propodeum and postpetiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Homotherus locutor (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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