Synomelix albipes (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSynomelix albipes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusSynomelix (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribeEuryproctini (a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Synomelix albipes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Synomelix albipes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
10 Aug 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind coxae, trochanters, trochantellae and femora - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesososternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ovipositor and sheath - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Synomelix albipes (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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