Ichneumon formosus ssp formosus Gravenhorst, 1829
(a subspecies of ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesIchneumon formosus ssp formosus (a subspecies of ichneumon wasp)
SpeciesIchneumon formosus (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 formosus ssp formosus (a subspecies of ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon formosus ssp formosus (a subspecies of ichneumon wasp)
13 Mar 2021 OSGR: NN51 56° 20’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
female, under bark of very large felled conifer
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mouthparts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - hind femur and tibia - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum, propodeum and postpetiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - T2-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - T4-7 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - apical flagellomeres - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - flagellomere 1 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - widest flagellomeres - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Ichneumon formosus ssp formosus (a subspecies of ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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