Schizopyga podagrica Gravenhorst, 1829
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSchizopyga podagrica (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusSchizopyga (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 Schizopyga podagrica (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Schizopyga podagrica (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
16 Oct 2022 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off grazed, tussocky, mixed heathers (*Calluna*+*Erica*) in open heathland
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind femora and tibiae, and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - posterior coxae, propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum and propodeum - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole (dorsal view) and T2 (antero-dorsal view) - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Korenko, S. & di Giovanni, F. 2019 Spider Parasitoids of the Tribe Ephialtini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Italy and their Host Association Acta zool. bulg. Vol 71 (4): 473-486.

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

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