Polyblastus westringi Holmgren, 1857
(a tryphonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolyblastus westringi (a tryphonine ichneumon)
GenusPolyblastus (a genus of tryphonine ichneumons)
TribeTryphonini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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 Polyblastus westringi (a tryphonine ichneumon) :
1: Polyblastus westringi (a tryphonine ichneumon)
13 Aug 2020 OSGR: SY79 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off rank willowherb in light rain
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - hind claw - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole to T4 (base) - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver background

Polyblastus westringi (a tryphonine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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