Spilothyrateles illuminatorius (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSpilothyrateles illuminatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusSpilothyrateles (a genus of ichneumons)
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 Spilothyrateles illuminatorius (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Spilothyrateles illuminatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
20 Aug 2023 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept from rough grassland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Spilothyrateles illuminatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
23 Aug 2021 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Fennel
Image 1: Male - antenna with tyloids - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - antero-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 - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - propodeum, hind coxae and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - propodeum, hind coxae and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 28: Male - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - tyloids - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 31: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 32: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
3: Spilothyrateles illuminatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
4 Jan 2021 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tor Grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - T(2)3-7 - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
4: Spilothyrateles illuminatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
25 Jan 2020 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, with pale markings, in Tall Fescue tussock, beside path by recently mown area
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 26: Female - T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Spilothyrateles illuminatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
25 Jan 2020 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, slightly darker form, in Tor Grass tussock, beside path by recently mown area
Image 1: Female - darker form - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - darker form - lateral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - darker form - ventral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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