Pantorhaestes xanthostomus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPantorhaestes xanthostomus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
TribeEuryproctini (a tribe of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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 Pantorhaestes xanthostomus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Pantorhaestes xanthostomus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
1 May 2025 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off grassy area at edge of salt marsh
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - postpetiole, T2 and T3 (base) - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - subgenital plate and ovipositor - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Pantorhaestes xanthostomus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
25 Sep 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from Purple Moorgrass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore tibiae - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and fore legs - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum, hind coxae and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Pantorhaestes xanthostomus (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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