Ichneumon albiger Wesmael, 1845
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusIchneumon (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 Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
19 Jan 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, inside rush tussock
Image 1: Female - form with yellowish tibiae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - form with yellowish tibiae - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - form with yellowish tibiae - metasternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - form with yellowish tibiae - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver background
2: Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
18 Dec 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Purple Moor-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - form with yellowish tibiae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
3: Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
6 Dec 2019 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 background
4: Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
26 Nov 2019 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
5: Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
3 Nov 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in base of Tufted Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ovipositor - microscope low magnification - silver background
6: Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
17 Jun 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
7: Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp)
8 May 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, antennal bases and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - hind coxae and sternites 1-2 - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mid-section - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 13: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - thorax, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - antenna - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - hind coxa - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - hind femur - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - hind leg - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Orsnes, G. 2018 Personal Communication

Ichneumon albiger (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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Flagellum only 31 segments. Scopa is not present. Hind trochantelli mostly black (mostly reddish in confusor). Only a small patch of hairs lying flat on the ventral surface (as it often is in albiger). Oten with narrow yellow rings on hind tibia.

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