Ichneumon lugens Gravenhorst, 1829
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon lugens (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 lugens (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon lugens (an ichneumon wasp)
24 Jul 2022 OSGR: ST65 51° 20’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Male, at light (175w MV clear lamp, overnight 23/24 July)
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - antenna with tyloids - (outer) dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 14: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 15: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - propodeum - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background

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

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