Gelis areator (Panzer, 1804)
(an ant-mimic ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGelis areator (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
GenusGelis (ant-mimic ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Gelis areator (an ant-mimic ichneumon) :
1: Gelis areator (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
16 Sep 2022 OSGR: ST91 50° 60’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, emerged from Campoplegine coccoon
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Host Campoplegine coccoon - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Gelis areator (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
16 Nov 2020 OSGR: SZ09 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on steel fence
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Gelis areator (an ant-mimic ichneumon)
13 Nov 2020 OSGR: SZ09 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on vertical post of steel fence
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 12: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - pronotum, head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and 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.

Gelis areator (an ant-mimic ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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