Pristomerus vulnerator (Panzer, 1799)
(a cremastine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPristomerus vulnerator (a cremastine ichneumon)
GenusPristomerus (a genus of cremastine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCREMASTINAE (cremastine 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 Pristomerus vulnerator (a cremastine ichneumon) :
1: Pristomerus vulnerator (a cremastine ichneumon)
28 Jul 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ovipositor tip - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum -dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - hind femur and tibia - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Hind tarsal spur attachment - distal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Pristomerus vulnerator (a cremastine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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