Mesoleptidea prosoleuca (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesoleptidea prosoleuca (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusMesoleptidea (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribeEuryproctini (a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
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 Mesoleptidea prosoleuca (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Mesoleptidea prosoleuca (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
6 Aug 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, by general sweeping, in shaded area on hot sunny day
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesososternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole and base of T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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