Alexeter clavator (Müller, 1776)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlexeter clavator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusAlexeter (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribeMesoleiini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Alexeter clavator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Alexeter clavator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
16 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma T1 - base showing glimmae - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ovipositor and sheaths - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole and metasoma T1 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole and metasoma T1 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Alexeter clavator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alexeter clavator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alexeter clavator (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

A nocturnal ichneumon.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Broad, G.R., 2012Keys for the identification of British and Irish nocturnal Ichneumonidaehttp://nocturnalichs.myspecies.info/node/38
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