Ichneumon molitorius Linnaeus, 1761
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon molitorius (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 molitorius (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon molitorius (an ichneumon wasp)
23 Mar 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, from Compact Rush tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mouthparts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - hind femur and tibia - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - hind femur - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - hind quarters - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T1 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole, gastrocoeli and thyridia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - post-petiole, gastrocoeli and thyridia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - post-petiole, T1 and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum, petiole and hind coxa - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - thorax, head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - thorax, scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - coxae II and III - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - flagellomeres - ventral face - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - flagellomeres - ventral view showing flat face - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 33: Female - hind coxa with scopa - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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