Micromonodon tener (Kriechbaumer, 1893)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicromonodon tener (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
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 Micromonodon tener (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Micromonodon tener (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
3 Apr 2023 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - anterior coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and mouthparts - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole and T2 (oblique) - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Micromonodon tener (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Micromonodon tener (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Micromonodon tener (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
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