Ichneumon formosus ssp microcephalus Stephens, 1835
(a subspecies of ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesIchneumon formosus ssp microcephalus (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 microcephalus (a subspecies of ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon formosus ssp microcephalus (a subspecies of ichneumon wasp)
16 Apr 2021 OSGR: NN43 56° 30’ N, 4° 30’ W Vice County: Mid Perth (VC 88) Scotland
female
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 - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and pronotum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - postpetiole and T2-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 22: Female - tail spot - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ventral view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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