Poemenia hectica (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPoemenia hectica (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusPoemenia (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribePoemeniini (a tribe of Poemeniinine ichneumons)
SubfamilyPOEMENIINAE (poemeniinine 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 Poemenia hectica (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Poemenia hectica (an ichneumon wasp)
18 Jun 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
flying against outside of patio door window
Image 1: Female - anterior view - metasoma raised - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - latero-dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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