Woldstedtius citropectoralis (Schmiedeknecht, 1926)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesWoldstedtius citropectoralis (a diplazontine ichneumon)
GenusWoldstedtius (a genus of diplazontine ichneumon wasps)
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 Woldstedtius citropectoralis (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Woldstedtius citropectoralis (a diplazontine ichneumon)
25 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male emerged from tear-drop shaped puparium of an aphidophagous hoverfly
Image 1: Host puparial exvuvia - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Host puparial exvuvia - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Host puparial exvuvia - oblique view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind femora and tibiae, and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and mesosomas - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum, subscutellum, propodeum and T1 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - tergites 1-2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - tergites 1-3 showing dorsal spiracles - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Woldstedtius citropectoralis (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 Woldstedtius citropectoralis (a diplazontine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Woldstedtius citropectoralis (a diplazontine ichneumon)
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