Ichneumon simulans Tischbein, 1873
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon simulans (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 simulans (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon simulans (an ichneumon wasp)
26 Dec 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Purple Moor-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - fore parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma and hind legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mid and hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - wings raised - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - wings spread - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - wings together - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - wings together - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - wings together - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background

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

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