Zaglyptus multicolor (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZaglyptus multicolor (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Zaglyptus multicolor (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Zaglyptus multicolor (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
28 Aug 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Bracken, near Oak
Image 1: Female - form with red propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - form with red propodeum - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - form with red propodeum - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - form with red propodeum - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - form with red propodeum - petiole, T2 and T3 (part) - postero-dorsal vi - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - form with red propodeum - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - form with red propodeum - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ovipositor - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ovipositor tip - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ovipositor tip - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Zaglyptus multicolor (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
7 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 - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum and antterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 23: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor tip - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Zaglyptus multicolor (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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