Homotropus nigritarsus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHomotropus nigritarsus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
GenusHomotropus (a genus of diplazontine ichneumons)
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine 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 Homotropus nigritarsus (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Homotropus nigritarsus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
23 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Nettle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - hind parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - ventral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum and metasoma base - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver background

Homotropus nigritarsus (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Homotropus nigritarsus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
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