Virgichneumon tergenus (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVirgichneumon tergenus (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 tergenus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Virgichneumon tergenus (an ichneumon wasp)
2 May 2023 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off flowering Wood Spurge
Image 1: Female - ovipositor - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - anterior coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 20: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 24: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - metasoma apex - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - petiole to T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K., Fiedler K. & Baumgarten, H.-T. 1997 Zur Taxonomie und Bionomie einiger Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) als Parasitoide westpaläarktischer Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen Vol 46 (1/2): 2-7.

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

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