Mesoleptus laevigatus (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesoleptus laevigatus (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
GenusMesoleptus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Mesoleptus laevigatus (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Mesoleptus laevigatus (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
1 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off grass and nettle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Mesoleptus laevigatus (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
21 Sep 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from ruderal regrowth following cattle trampling around trough/feeding area
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Mesoleptus laevigatus (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
13 Sep 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off grazed grass
Image 1: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - petiole - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - post-petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - post-petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 21: Male - tyloids on flagellomeres 10-13 - microscope low magnification - silver background

Mesoleptus laevigatus (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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