Tycherus eques (Wesmael, 1845)
(a phaeogenine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTycherus eques (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
GenusTycherus (a genus of phaeogene ichneumon wasps)
TribePhaeogenini (phaeogenine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Tycherus eques (a phaeogenine ichneumon) :
1: Tycherus eques (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
21 Jul 2022 OSGR: SY59 50° 50’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Tycherus eques (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
19 Nov 2019 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head, antennae and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - hind end - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - scutellum, propodeum, post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum, petiole and hind coxae - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum, petiole and hind coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Tycherus eques (a phaeogenine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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