Ophion variegatus Rudow, 1883
(Winter Ophion)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphion variegatus (Winter Ophion)
GenusOphion (ophion wasps)
SubfamilyOPHIONINAE (ophionine 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 Ophion variegatus (Winter Ophion) :
1: Ophion variegatus (Winter Ophion)
8 Feb 2020 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, under searching tray after sampling grassy Rush tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - postero-dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and thorax - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - antero-lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - postero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - head - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Ophion variegatus (Winter Ophion) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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