Pion nigripes Schiødte, 1839
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPion nigripes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusPion (a genus of hymenopterans)
TribePionini (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 Pion nigripes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Pion nigripes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
5 Jun 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - foreparts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and part thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - hindparts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ely, W. 2021 Keys to British (and occasionally other) Ctenopelmatinae
Watanabe, K. 2016 First record of the genus Pion Schiødte, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), from Japan, with description of a new species Zootaxa 4103 (3): 289-294.

Pion nigripes (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 Pion nigripes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pion nigripes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
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