Ichneumon suspiciosus Wesmael, 1845
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon suspiciosus (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 suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
30 Jun 2021 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
2 males, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
10 Jul 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, at Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
22 Feb 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in soft-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - antro-dorsal view - magnified - silver background
4: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
18 Dec 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock, at edge of puddle, very wet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings open - silver background
5: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
26 Nov 2019 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver background
6: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
26 Nov 2019 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Tufted Hair-grass tussock
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver background
7: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
24 Jul 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind femur and tibia - anterior (outer) view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum, petiole, T2 and T3 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
8: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
3 May 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on isolated flowering plant of Alexanders
Image 1: Female - coxae and petiole - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
9: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
15 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Woodspurge
Image 1: Female - hind femur and tibia - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - hind femur - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - hind tarsus - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
10: Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
19 Jul 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings open - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - abdomen and hind legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - abdomen - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ichneumon suspiciosus (an ichneumon wasp)

An abundant ichneumon whose larvae are internal parasites of Hepialus (swift moths)

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Perkins, J.F., 1960Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae, subfamilies Ichneumoninae II, Alomyinae, Agriotypinae and LycorininaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VII. Part 2(aii), 96pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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