Tryphon trochanteratus Holmgren, 1857
(a tryphonine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon)
GenusTryphon (a genus of tryphonine ichneumons)
TribeTryphonini (a tribe of tryphonine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyTRYPHONINAE (tryphonine 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 Tryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon) :
1: Tryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon)
31 May 2022 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
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 and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head plus fore coxae and trochanters - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum plus anterior coxae and trochanters - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventro-lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - end of metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - frons and auricles - front three-quarter view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - genital capsule with egg - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - genital capsule with egg - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - tail end - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Tryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon)
14 Jun 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
3: Tryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon)
27 May 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off grass
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - antero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - antero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - metasoma base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - T1 and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
4: Tryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon)
27 May 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off grass and Meadowsweet
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Tryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon)
27 May 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off grass and Meadowsweet
Image 1: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver background

Tryphon trochanteratus (a tryphonine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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