Lissonota semirufa (Desvignes, 1856)
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLissonota semirufa (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 semirufa (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Lissonota semirufa (a banchine ichneumon)
3 Jun 2022 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, in garden
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - T1-2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - T3-4 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Lissonota semirufa (a banchine ichneumon)
20 May 2007 OSGR: TL88 52° 20’ N, 0° 40’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Several females investigating holes in dead, decorticate patch on oak trunk
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - closer-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lissonota semirufa (a banchine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lissonota semirufa (a banchine ichneumon)

Apparently associated with dead timber (reputedly reared from Esperia sulphurella). Often common

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Brock, J., 2011Test Keys to Banchinae
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