Scambus buolianae (Hartig, 1838)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScambus buolianae (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusScambus (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Scambus buolianae (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Scambus buolianae (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
12 Oct 2023 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from dead Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - petiole and T2-3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - petiole and T2-3 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2-3 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - metasoma - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Scambus buolianae (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
13 Jun 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on Creeping Thistle flowerheads
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
3: Scambus buolianae (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
1 Sep 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - propodeum and abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - abdomen - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - abdomen base - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - thorax - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Scambus buolianae (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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