Ischnoceros rusticus (Geoffroy, 1785)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIschnoceros rusticus (an ichneumon wasp)
SubfamilyXORIDINAE (xoridine 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 Ischnoceros rusticus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ischnoceros rusticus (an ichneumon wasp)
17 May 2021 OSGR: NN55 56° 40’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: Mid Perth (VC 88) Scotland
Male, on wood pile
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mouthparts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - antero-dorsal view showing horn - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - anterior view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - head showing frontal horn - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - petiole - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - propdeum and petiole - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - propdeum - lateral view - enlarged - silver background

Ischnoceros rusticus (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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