Cryptus armator Fabricius, 1804
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptus armator (a cryptine ichneumon)
GenusCryptus (a genus of cryptine ichneumons)
TribeCryptini (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 Cryptus armator (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Cryptus armator (a cryptine ichneumon)
14 Jun 2021 OSGR: SU22 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept from tor grass (*Brachypodium*)
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mouthparts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 14: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 23: Female - thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor tip - 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.

Cryptus armator (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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