Tersilochus terebrator (Horstmann, 1971)
(a Tersilochine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTersilochus terebrator (a Tersilochine ichneumon)
GenusTersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)
SubfamilyTERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine 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 Tersilochus terebrator (a Tersilochine ichneumon) :
1: Tersilochus terebrator (a Tersilochine ichneumon)
25 Mar 2022 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off sallow blossom
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - hind claws - outer lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - sternaulus - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - tail spot - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Tersilochus terebrator (a Tersilochine ichneumon) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
25 Mar 2022 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off sallow blossom
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 16: Male - T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Tersilochus terebrator (a Tersilochine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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