Promethes sulcator (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPromethes sulcator (a diplazontine ichneumon)
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine 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 Promethes sulcator (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Promethes sulcator (a diplazontine ichneumon)
10 Oct 2021 OSGR: SY99 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Small, pale female, swept from rank Cocksfoot around Creeping Thistle patch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Promethes sulcator (a diplazontine ichneumon)
10 Oct 2021 OSGR: SY99 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from rank Cocksfoot around Creeping Thistle patch
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - mesosoma and metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - propodeum and T1-3 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - T1-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Promethes sulcator (a diplazontine ichneumon)
8 Oct 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from short, rank, broad-leaved grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Promethes sulcator (a diplazontine ichneumon)
24 Sep 2021 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head, mesosoma and metasoma base - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, mesosoma and metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mesosoma and metasoma base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - mesoscutum and mid coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 25: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum and propodeum - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Promethes sulcator (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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