Tromatobia lineatoria (Villers, 1789)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTromatobia lineatoria (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusTromatobia (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Tromatobia lineatoria (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Tromatobia lineatoria (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
28 Apr 2022 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Male, flying around Greengage tree
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petioe - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Tromatobia lineatoria (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
9 Sep 2021 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female with black metasoma, on glass, inside greenhouse
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - metasoma base - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - petiole and T2 (part) - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Tromatobia lineatoria (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
7 Sep 2021 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female with reddish metasoma, on glass, inside greenhouse
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - hind claw - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Tromatobia lineatoria (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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