Platylabus orbitalis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatylabus orbitalis (an ichneumonine ichneumon)
GenusPlatylabus (a genus of ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)
TribePlatylabini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Platylabus orbitalis (an ichneumonine ichneumon) :
1: Platylabus orbitalis (an ichneumonine ichneumon)
1 Sep 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - hind parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum and metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - sctuellum and propodeum - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - post-petiole, T1 and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shirzadegan, F., Talebi, A. A., Riedel, M. & Hajiqanbar, H.R. 2018 Study of the genus Platylabus Wesmael, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in north of Iran, with a new record for the Middle East J Insect Biodivers Syst Vol 4 (1): -11.

Platylabus orbitalis (an ichneumonine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platylabus orbitalis (an ichneumonine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Platylabus orbitalis (an ichneumonine ichneumon)
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