Ichneumon xanthorius Forster, 1771
(Tiger Ichneumon Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIchneumon xanthorius (Tiger 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 xanthorius (Tiger Ichneumon Wasp) :
1: Ichneumon xanthorius (Tiger Ichneumon Wasp)
23 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Ichneumon xanthorius (Tiger Ichneumon Wasp)
4 Jul 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - coxae II and III - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorso-lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, antennal bases, mouthparts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum, petiole and tergite 2 - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum, petiole and tergite 2 - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 15: Female - tergites 1 & 2 - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Wings - highly enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Broad, G.R., Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective et al 2022 The genome sequence of a parasitoid wasp, Ichneumon xanthorius Forster, 1771 Wellcome Open Research 7:47: 1-14.

Ichneumon xanthorius (Tiger Ichneumon Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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