Mesoleius pyriformis (Ratzeburg, 1852)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesoleius pyriformis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusMesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)
TribeMesoleiini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Mesoleius pyriformis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Mesoleius pyriformis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
21 May 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosoma and coxae - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - ventral view - more close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - hind tibia tip, spurs and basitarsus - outer lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - mesopleuron and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Mesoleius pyriformis (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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