Vulgichneumon saturatorius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVulgichneumon saturatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusVulgichneumon (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 Vulgichneumon saturatorius (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Vulgichneumon saturatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
9 Sep 2021 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on glass, inside greenhouse
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma apex - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma tip - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mid and hind coxae - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mid and hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum, hind coxa, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - mid and hind coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Vulgichneumon saturatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
5 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting late umbellifer
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - hind coxae, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver background
3: Vulgichneumon saturatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
19 Oct 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in flight around late-flowering Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - metasoma - tip - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - metasoma - tip - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - metasoma - tip - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - metasoma - tip - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 11: Male - propodeum, petiole and femur III - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background
4: Vulgichneumon saturatorius (an ichneumon wasp)
16 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Male - petiole - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - post-petiole and T2 base with glimmae and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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