Ophion brocki Johansson, 2019
(an ophionine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphion brocki (an ophionine ichneumon)
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 brocki (an ophionine ichneumon) :
1: Ophion brocki (an ophionine ichneumon)
31 May 2024 OSGR: TQ12 50° 60’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Female, in MV trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - antero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesopleura and mesosternum - latero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesopleura and mesosternum - ventro-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 24: Female - terminalia - postero-ventral view - magnified - silver background

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

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