Ichneumon melanotis Holmgren, 1864
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon melanotis (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 melanotis (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon melanotis (an ichneumon wasp)
3 Nov 2022 OSGR: ST91 50° 60’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Melanic female, in Tufted Hairgrass tussock at edge of scrub
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 5: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 15: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - petiole and gastrocoeli - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - petiole and T1 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - petiole, T1 and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 30: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 31: Female - tail spot - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 32: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 33: Female - antenna tip - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 34: Female - hind femur - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 35: Female - hind femur - antero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)

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

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