Ichneumon gracilentus Wesmael, 1845
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon gracilentus (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 gracilentus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon gracilentus (an ichneumon wasp)
23 Aug 2023 OSGR: NS18 55° 60’ N, 4° 60’ W Vice County: Argyllshire (VC 98) Scotland
Male, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Male - antenna - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - tyloids on flagellum - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Ichneumon gracilentus (an ichneumon wasp)
3 Aug 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Male
Image 1: Male - clypeus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Ichneumon gracilentus (an ichneumon wasp)
21 Feb 2021 OSGR: NN51 56° 20’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Black female under bark of a large felled broadleaf tree
Image 1: Female - dark form - dorsal view - wings open - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dark form - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dark form - T1-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dark form - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Ichneumon gracilentus (an ichneumon wasp)
31 Jan 2021 OSGR: NN50 56° 10’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Unusual colour form of female, under decaying bark of mature fallen broadleaf tree
Image 1: Female - form with reduced red - dorsal view - wings open - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - form with reduced red - head and mesosoma - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - form with reduced red - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - form with reduced red - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
5: Ichneumon gracilentus (an ichneumon wasp)
31 Jan 2021 OSGR: NN50 56° 10’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Unusual colour form of female, under decaying bark of mature fallen broadleaf tree
Image 1: Female - form with reduced red - dorsal view - wings open - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - form with reduced red - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - form with reduced red - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - form with reduced red - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
6: Ichneumon gracilentus (an ichneumon wasp)
22 Jan 2021 OSGR: NS79 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, under bark of old, dead, fallen conifer
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings open - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma apex - dorsal 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 - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - hind femur and tibia - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - postpetiole-T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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