Megastylus cruentator Schiødte, 1838
(an orthocentrine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegastylus cruentator (an orthocentrine ichneumon)
GenusMegastylus (a genus of orthocentrine ichneumons)
SubfamilyORTHOCENTRINAE (orthocentrine 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 Megastylus cruentator (an orthocentrine ichneumon) :
1: Megastylus cruentator (an orthocentrine ichneumon)
28 Aug 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off in-bud Ivy
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 mesososma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - mesososma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and prothorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Megastylus cruentator (an orthocentrine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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