Lissonota fundator (Thunberg, 1824)
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
GenusLissonota (a genus of banchine ichneumons)
TribeAtrophini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine 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 Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
5 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, visiting late umbellifer
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver background
2: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
1 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off rushes, near oak
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
13 Sep 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off rushes
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - inner hind claw - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - outer hind claw - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
27 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from rank grass at shady edge of field
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver background
5: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
29 Aug 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping in rank grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - silver background (2)
6: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
29 Aug 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 males, by general sweeping in rank grass
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - hind parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
7: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
28 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, general sweeping, under Alder.
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - petiole and T1 - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T1 - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T1 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Male - genitalia - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - pleurites - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
8: Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon)
16 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, by sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 16: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Lissonota fundator (a banchine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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An abundant parasite of Mesapamea secalis s.l. (Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic)

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Brock J.P., 2017The Banchine Wasps (Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) of the British IslesHandbooks for the identification of British Insects, Vol. 7 Pt. 4, 150pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

The commoner of the two common grassland Lissonota with completely dark bodies and deep mesosulcus, fundator" is distinguished by the deeper mesosulcus, although this is comparative and intermediates occur. The males usually have yellow markings on the fore and middle coxae and trochanters which are lacking in impressor.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Brock J.P., 2017The Banchine Wasps (Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) of the British IslesHandbooks for the identification of British Insects, Vol. 7 Pt. 4, 150pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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