Ophion brevicornis Morley, 1915
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphion brevicornis (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusOphion (ophion wasps)
SubfamilyOPHIONINAE (ophionine 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 Ophion brevicornis (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ophion brevicornis (an ichneumon wasp)
28 Jun 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at MV light
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - antennae, head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind trochanters and trochantelli - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole and base metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole and bases of hind legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Ophion brevicornis (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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