Netelia melanura (Thomson, 1888)
(a nocturnal ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNetelia melanura (a nocturnal ichneumon)
GenusNetelia (a genus of nocturnal tryphonine ichneumons)
TribePhytodietini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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 Netelia melanura (a nocturnal ichneumon) :
1: Netelia melanura (a nocturnal ichneumon)
24 Jul 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 7: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - parameres - internal view - dry - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Netelia melanura (a nocturnal ichneumon)
27 Aug 2016 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, at MV? light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - antennae coiled - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - terminalia - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Hind claws - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Netelia melanura (a nocturnal ichneumon)
27 Aug 2016 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, at MV? light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Netelia melanura (a nocturnal ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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