Lissonota impressor Gravenhorst, 1829
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLissonota impressor (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 impressor (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Lissonota impressor (a banchine ichneumon)
16 Sep 2020 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, swept from long rank grasss
Image 1: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Lissonota impressor (a banchine ichneumon)
20 Aug 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - 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 thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - hind claw - outer lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Lissonota impressor (a banchine ichneumon)
20 Aug 2020 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by sweeping rank herbage
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Lissonota impressor (a banchine ichneumon)
20 Aug 2020 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by sweeping rank herbage
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 16: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosternum and hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Lissonota impressor (a banchine ichneumon)
20 Aug 2020 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by sweeping rank herbage
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (3)Image 5: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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The less common of the two grassland Lissonota with completely dark bodies and deep mesosulcus, impressor" is distinguished by the mesosulcus being less deep, although this is comparative and intermediates occur. The males also lack the yellow markings on the fore and middle coxae and trochanters of fundator.

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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