Aptesis nigrocincta (Gravenhorst, 1815)
(a brachypterous cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAptesis nigrocincta (a brachypterous 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 nigrocincta (a brachypterous cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Aptesis nigrocincta (a brachypterous cryptine ichneumon)
13 Jan 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, inside rush (with a bit of Tufted Hair-grass) tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Aptesis nigrocincta (a brachypterous cryptine ichneumon)
19 Oct 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Brachypterous female, swept off Nettle regrowth in cut grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - thorax and wing stubs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum - dorsal 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 nigrocincta (a brachypterous cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aptesis nigrocincta (a brachypterous cryptine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aptesis nigrocincta (a brachypterous cryptine ichneumon)
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