Ethelurgus sodalis (Taschenberg, 1865)
(a phygadeuontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEthelurgus sodalis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
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 Ethelurgus sodalis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) :
1: Ethelurgus sodalis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
22 Jun 2024 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept from sedge and Water Mint
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - ventro-anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - ventro-anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - petiole and T2 (base) - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 (base) - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Ethelurgus sodalis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
29 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 7: Male - head and metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head, mesosoma and base of metasoma - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head, mesosoma and base of metasoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 16: Male - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - T1-2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum and petiole - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horstmann, K. 2000 Die westpaläarktischen Arten von Ethelurgus Forster, 1869 und Rhembobius Forster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 21 (8): 65-76.

Ethelurgus sodalis (a phygadeuontine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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