Olesicampe fulcrans (Thomson, 1887)
(a campoplegine ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOlesicampe fulcrans (a campoplegine ichneumon wasp)
GenusOlesicampe (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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 Olesicampe fulcrans (a campoplegine ichneumon wasp) :
1: Olesicampe fulcrans (a campoplegine ichneumon wasp)
17 May 2023 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap (attended)
Image 1: Female - ovipositor - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - terminalia - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Olesicampe fulcrans (a campoplegine ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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