Perilissus rufoniger (Gravenhorst, 1820)
(a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPerilissus rufoniger (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
GenusPerilissus (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumons)
TribePerilissini (a tribe of ctenopalmatine 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 Perilissus rufoniger (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon) :
1: Perilissus rufoniger (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
7 May 2025 OSGR: ST91 50° 60’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Wood Spurge
Image 1: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - hind trochanters and trochantelli - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 7: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 29: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Perilissus rufoniger (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)
21 May 2019 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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