Itoplectis maculator (Fabricius, 1775)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesItoplectis maculator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusItoplectis (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribePimplini (pimpline ichneumon wasps s.s.)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Itoplectis maculator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Itoplectis maculator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
31 May 2022 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, investigating Nettle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal base - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - 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 - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - fore claw - anterior lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - hind tarsus - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole and T2 - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)
2: Itoplectis maculator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
16 Jun 2008 OSGR: TR01 50° 60’ N, 0° 60’ E Vice County: East Kent (VC 15) England
Male emerged from pupal case of Coleophora penella
Image 1: Male - lateral view - white background
3: Itoplectis maculator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
26 Nov 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, at house lights
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 3: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey background

Itoplectis maculator (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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