Virgichneumon maculicauda (Perkins, 1953)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVirgichneumon maculicauda (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusVirgichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine 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 Virgichneumon maculicauda (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Virgichneumon maculicauda (an ichneumon wasp)
12 Jul 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, at Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Virgichneumon maculicauda (an ichneumon wasp)
8 Sep 2019 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - antenna showing tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - T3-T7 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - T5-T7 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)
3: Virgichneumon maculicauda (an ichneumon wasp)
30 Jul 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and base of antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - front three-quarter view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum, postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Virgichneumon maculicauda (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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