Aptesis flagitator (Rossius, 1794)
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAptesis flagitator (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusAptesis (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeAptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Aptesis flagitator (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Aptesis flagitator (a cryptine ichneumon)
14 Jun 2024 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - antenna with tyloids - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - dorso-anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - petiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - petiole and base of T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - postpetiole, T2 and base of T3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Aptesis flagitator (a cryptine ichneumon)
7 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, swept off flowering Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 5: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - hind parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - thorax, propodeum and petiole - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - thorax - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.

Aptesis flagitator (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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