Trematopygus melanocerus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a ctenoplematine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrematopygus melanocerus (a ctenoplematine ichneumon)
GenusTrematopygus (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribePionini (a tribe of ctenopalmatine 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 Trematopygus melanocerus (a ctenoplematine ichneumon) :
1: Trematopygus melanocerus (a ctenoplematine ichneumon)
21 May 2022 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, in flight, among rush leaves
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal 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 - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - hind trochanter (R) and trochantellus (L) - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - hind trochanters and trochantelli - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum, posterior coxae and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Trematopygus melanocerus (a ctenoplematine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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