Homotherus varipes (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHomotherus varipes (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 varipes (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Homotherus varipes (an ichneumon wasp)
10 Oct 2022 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off shaded Nettle beside woodland path
Image 1: Female - anterior coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - 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 antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - hind coxae and petiole - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - metasoma apex - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum, hind coxae and petiole - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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