Alcima orbitale (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a campoplegine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlcima orbitale (a campoplegine ichneumon)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine 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 Alcima orbitale (a campoplegine ichneumon) :
1: Alcima orbitale (a campoplegine ichneumon)
4 Aug 2024 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off herbage
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - petiole and T2 (base) - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 20: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 22: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background

Alcima orbitale (a campoplegine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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