Homotropus pallipes (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHomotropus pallipes (a diplazontine ichneumon)
GenusHomotropus (a genus of diplazontine ichneumons)
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine 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 Homotropus pallipes (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Homotropus pallipes (a diplazontine ichneumon) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
11 May 2022 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal base - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - msesoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - scutellum and petiole to T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 18: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 20: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - mesopleuron - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - petiole and T2 - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - petiole, T2 and T3 base - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Homotropus pallipes (a diplazontine ichneumon)
17 Aug 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Homotropus pallipes (a diplazontine ichneumon)
7 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind leg - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesopleuron and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma apex and ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - propodeum, T2 and T3 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Homotropus pallipes (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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