Pseudoplatylabus violentus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPseudoplatylabus violentus (an ichneumon wasp)
TribePlatylabini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Pseudoplatylabus violentus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Pseudoplatylabus violentus (an ichneumon wasp)
25 Feb 2023 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Purple Moor-grass tussock with abundant dead flower stalks
Image 1: Female - anterior coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesososma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesososma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesososma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - T1-2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - T1-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - mandibles - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - tailspot - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Riedel, M. 2018 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Pseudoplatylabus SMITS VAN BURGST, 1920 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 108: 97-102.
Tereshkin, A. 2015

Ichneumon flies of the tribe Joppocryptini of Palaearctic.

Description of new genus Londokia nov.gen. and two new species L. kasparyani nov.sp. and L. leleji nov.sp. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae)

 Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 47 (2): 1865-1884.

Pseudoplatylabus violentus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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