Stilbops vetula (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStilbops vetula (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusStilbops (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilySTILBOPINAE (stilbopine 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 Stilbops vetula (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Stilbops vetula (an ichneumon wasp)
5 May 2021 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off head-height, freshly-leafed oak branches
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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