Scambus brevicornis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
GenusScambus (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribeEphialtini (ephialtine pimpline ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline 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 Scambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Scambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
7 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU54 51° 10’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Scambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
14 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
3: Scambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
1 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visitiing Ragwort
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Fore-wing - stigma and areolet - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Fore-wing - stigma - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 5: Wings - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 6: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
4: Scambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
7 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Golden Samphire
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum, petiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Scambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
1 Sep 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, swept off Greater Knapweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - propodeum and abdomen base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)

Identification Works

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Key To Brevicornis Group

Horstmann, K. 2010 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen-Arten XIV Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 100: 119-130.

Scambus brevicornis (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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