Mesochorus rubeculus Hartig
(a mesochorine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesochorus rubeculus (a mesochorine ichneumon)
GenusMesochorus (a genus of mesochorine ichneumons)
SubfamilyMESOCHORINAE (mesochorine 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 Mesochorus rubeculus (a mesochorine ichneumon) :
1: Mesochorus rubeculus (a mesochorine ichneumon)
26 Apr 2021 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Male emerged from Campoplegine pupal cocoon on underside of a leaf in garden
Image 1: Host cocoon - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 7: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - parameres - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Mesochorus rubeculus (a mesochorine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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