Syrphophilus tricinctorius (Thunberg, 1824)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSyrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine 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 Syrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Syrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
7 May 2025 OSGR: ST91 50° 60’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Wood Spurge
Image 1: Female - anterior coxae and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head, mesosoma and propodeumr - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - hind legs (part) and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 21: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Syrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
6 May 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on bramble leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 6: Female - wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - thorax - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Syrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
23 Apr 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, flying around Alexanders
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - scutellum, subscutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Syrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Syrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Syrphophilus tricinctorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
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