Rhembobius quadrispinus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhembobius quadrispinus (Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon)
GenusRhembobius (tongue ichneumons)
TribeAptesini (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 Rhembobius quadrispinus (Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon) :
1: Rhembobius quadrispinus (Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon)
24 Sep 2021 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from Purple Moorgrass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Rhembobius quadrispinus (Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon)
18 Dec 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock, at edge of puddle, very wet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
3: Rhembobius quadrispinus (Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon)
26 Nov 2019 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ovipositor and sheath tips - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum - postero-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Rhembobius quadrispinus (Red-banded Tongue Ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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