Glypta mensurator (Fabricius, 1775)
(Hawkweed Glypta)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGlypta mensurator (Hawkweed Glypta)
GenusGlypta (a genus of banchine ichneumon wasps)
TribeGlyptini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine 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 Glypta mensurator (Hawkweed Glypta) :
1: Glypta mensurator (Hawkweed Glypta)
10 Aug 2023 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Angelica umbel, close to Common Knapweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ovipositor extreme tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ovipositor tip - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - petiole and T2-T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Glypta mensurator (Hawkweed Glypta)
8 Jul 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Glypta mensurator (Hawkweed Glypta) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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