Aclastus gracilis (Thomson, 1884)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAclastus gracilis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
GenusAclastus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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 Aclastus gracilis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Aclastus gracilis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
5 Oct 2024 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept from south side of oak at 2:30pm
Image 1: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 11: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 17: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 19: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (3)Image 20: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - head, antennae and fore-legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 28: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 30: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver background

Aclastus gracilis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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