Polytribax perspicillator (Gravenhorst, 1807)
(a crytpine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolytribax perspicillator (a crytpine ichneumon)
GenusPolytribax (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Polytribax perspicillator (a crytpine ichneumon) :
1: Polytribax perspicillator (a crytpine ichneumon)
24 Jul 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, around fallen dead wood (branches and twigs)
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole base - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Polytribax perspicillator (a crytpine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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