Priopoda apicaria (Geoffroy, 1785)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPriopoda apicaria (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
TribePerilissini (a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Priopoda apicaria (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Priopoda apicaria (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
22 Jun 2021 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mouthparts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and pronotum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Vas. Z. 2015 New records of ichneumon wasps in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia with a key to the Western Palaearctic Xylophrurus species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Folia Entomologica Hungarica rovartani kozlemenyek Vol 76: 223-240.

Priopoda apicaria (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Priopoda apicaria (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Priopoda apicaria (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
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