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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTycherus suspicax (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 suspicax (a phaeogenine ichneumon) :
1: Tycherus suspicax (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
23 Feb 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in rush russock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - ventral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 16: Female - thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Tycherus suspicax (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
14 Mar 2020 OSGR: ST44 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female, from skirt of dead leaves on Tussock Sedge tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, antennal bases and pronotum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind legs and metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum, petiole and hind coxa - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Tycherus suspicax (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
14 Mar 2020 OSGR: ST44 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female, from skirt of dead leaves on Tussock Sedge tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - petiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Tycherus suspicax (a phaeogenine ichneumon)
14 Mar 2020 OSGR: ST44 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female, from skirt of dead leaves on Tussock Sedge tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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