Rhembobius perscrutator (Thunberg, 1824)
(Black Tongue Ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhembobius perscrutator (Black Tongue Ichneumon)
GenusRhembobius (tongue ichneumons)
TribeAptesini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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 Rhembobius perscrutator (Black Tongue Ichneumon) :
1: Rhembobius perscrutator (Black Tongue Ichneumon)
7 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male - antenna - posterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - antenna - posterior view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - tyloids - top view - magnified - silver background
2: Rhembobius perscrutator (Black Tongue Ichneumon)
29 May 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole base - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.
Verheyde, F., Hoekstra, P., Libert, P.-N., Meijer, H., de Ketelaere, A., Vandaudenard, T., Dick Belgers, D. & Brosens, E. 2021 Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology Vol 122: 1-142.

Rhembobius perscrutator (Black Tongue Ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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