Rhimphoctona melanura (Holmgren, 1860)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhimphoctona melanura (a campoplegine ichneumon)
GenusRhimphoctona (a genus of campoplegine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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 Rhimphoctona melanura (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Rhimphoctona melanura (a campoplegine ichneumon)
3 Jun 2021 OSGR: SO77 52° 20’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Worcs (VC 37) England
Female, swept from around Oak log pile
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesopleuron microsculpture - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesoscutum microsculpture - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Rhimphoctona melanura (a campoplegine ichneumon)
3 Jun 2021 OSGR: SO77 52° 20’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Worcs (VC 37) England
Female, swept from around Oak log pile
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background

Rhimphoctona melanura (a campoplegine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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