Platylabus iridipennis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatylabus iridipennis (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusPlatylabus (a genus of ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)
TribePlatylabini (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 Platylabus iridipennis (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Platylabus iridipennis (an ichneumon wasp)
23 Aug 2024 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off Nettle + Hedge Bindweed
Image 1: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - postpetiole and T2-4 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - T3 and T4 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 30: Male - scutellum and propodeum -dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 31: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shirzadegan, F., Talebi, A. A., Riedel, M. & Hajiqanbar, H.R. 2018 Study of the genus Platylabus Wesmael, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in north of Iran, with a new record for the Middle East J Insect Biodivers Syst Vol 4 (1): -11.

Platylabus iridipennis (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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