Spilichneumon celenae Perkins, 1953
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSpilichneumon celenae (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 celenae (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Spilichneumon celenae (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 - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - metasoma apex - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - postpetiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - propodeum, hind coxae and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - tyloids on base of flagellum - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - tyloids on flagellum - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - aedeagus and parameres - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 24: Male - aedeagus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 25: Male - aedeagus - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 26: Male - aedeagus - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 27: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - hypopygium - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Perkins, J.F. 1953 Notes on British Ichneumonidae with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Vol 3: 103-176.

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

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