Hyposoter didymator (Thunberg, 1824)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHyposoter didymator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusHyposoter (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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 Hyposoter didymator (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Hyposoter didymator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
4 Aug 2023 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off flowering Heather
Image 1: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - posterior coxae and petiole - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Hyposoter didymator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
5 Nov 2021 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept from reedbed
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 - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral 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 - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesoternum and mid 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 - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - hind coxae, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - hind foot - (outer) lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 25: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Hyposoter didymator (a campoplegine ichneumon)
30 Jul 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, mesosoma and metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Hyposoter didymator (a campoplegine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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