Odontocolon dentipes (Gmelin, 1790)
(a xoridine ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOdontocolon dentipes (a xoridine ichneumon wasp)
SubfamilyXORIDINAE (xoridine 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 Odontocolon dentipes (a xoridine ichneumon wasp) :
1: Odontocolon dentipes (a xoridine ichneumon wasp)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on fallen rotten holey Pine log
Image 1: Female - lateral view - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Johansson, N. 2022 Revision of the Northern European species of the Odontocolon dentipes species complex (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae) Ent. Tidskr. Vol 143: 109-118.
Johansson, N. 2020 Revision of the Swedish species of Odontocolon Cushman, 1942 (Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Xoridinae) with the description of a new species and an illustrated key to species Ent. Tidskr. Vol 141: 23-42.

Odontocolon dentipes (a xoridine ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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