Ichneumon cessator Muller, 1776
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon cessator (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusIchneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Ichneumon cessator (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon cessator (an ichneumon wasp)
8 Jul 2022 OSGR: NN70 56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W Vice County: West Perthshire (VC 87) Scotland
Female, feeding on umbellifer
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - terminalia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background

Ichneumon cessator (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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