Spilichneumon ammonius (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSpilichneumon ammonius (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusSpilichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Spilichneumon ammonius (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Spilichneumon ammonius (an ichneumon wasp)
17 Aug 2021 OSGR: NN24 56° 30’ N, 4° 50’ W Vice County: Argyllshire (VC 98) Scotland
Male in wetland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - flagellum base with tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - flagellum with tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 8: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - hind coxae, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - metasoma tip - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - postpetiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - propodeum, hind coxa and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum, hind coxa, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - terminalia - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - tyloids on flagellum base - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - aedeagus - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 30: Male - hypopygium - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 31: Male - parameres - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 32: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Spilichneumon ammonius (an ichneumon wasp)
2 Aug 2021 OSGR: NN24 56° 30’ N, 4° 50’ W Vice County: Argyllshire (VC 98) Scotland
Male, caught in flight, in wetland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - antennae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - antenna with tyloids - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - metasoma apex - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - petiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - propodeum, hind coxa, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - S7 and hypopygium - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background

Spilichneumon ammonius (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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