Opheltes glaucopterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOpheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
TribePerilissini (a tribe of ctenopalmatine 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 Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
26 Aug 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at Actinic light sheet (in front of cream painted shed)
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - latero-dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - thorax and propodeum - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Wings - enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Female - ovipositor - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - terminalia - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2004 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 4. Adelognathinae und Ctenopelmatinae Carolinea Vol 62: 113-127.

Opheltes glaucopterus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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