Scambus calobatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScambus calobatus (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 calobatus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Scambus calobatus (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
28 Aug 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Bracken, near Oak
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore tarsus and claws - latero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind tibia and tarsi - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and petile - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 25: Female - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - post-petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 2009 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XIII Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 99: 37-44.
Shaw, M.R., Jennings, M.T. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2011 The identity of Scambus planatus (Hartig, 1838) and Scambus ventricosus (Tschek, 1871) as seasonal forms of Scambus calobatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) in Europe (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae, Ephialtini) Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 23: 55-64.

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

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