Mesochorus vitticollis Holmgren, 1860
(a mesochorine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesochorus vitticollis (a mesochorine ichneumon)
GenusMesochorus (a genus of mesochorine ichneumons)
SubfamilyMESOCHORINAE (mesochorine 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 Mesochorus vitticollis (a mesochorine ichneumon) :
1: Mesochorus vitticollis (a mesochorine ichneumon)
1 Jul 2022 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, by general sweeping, at 1900 in the evening
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma base - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Mesochorus vitticollis (a mesochorine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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