Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplocryptus quadriguttatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusHoplocryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
8 Sep 2021 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on glass, inside greenhouse
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorso-lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum and hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - tailspot - 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 and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - T3-7 - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver background

Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus (a cryptine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus (a cryptine ichneumon)
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