Stenichneumon culpator (Schrank, 1802)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp)
TribeIchneumonini (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 Stenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Stenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp)
5 Mar 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, form with T2 partly red, trapped on water surface in garden pond
Image 1: Female - form with T2 partly red - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - form with T2 partly red - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - form with T2 partly red - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Stenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp)
26 Feb 2021 OSGR: TF71 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Female, form with red T2, hibernating.
Image 1: Female - form with T2 red - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - form with T2 red - postpetiole, T2 and T3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - form with T2 red - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background
3: Stenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp)
4 Feb 2021 OSGR: TF83 52° 50’ N, 0° 40’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Female, hibernating under oak bark
Image 1: Female - dark form - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver background
4: Stenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp)
17 Jul 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
2 males, at Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver background
5: Stenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp)
3 Aug 2019 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - antennae - posterior (outer lateral) view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-quarters - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and fore-legs - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - hind-quarters - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - petiole, gastrocoeles and thyridia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - tyloids - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background
6: Stenichneumon culpator (an ichneumon wasp)
1 Oct 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female (dark form), resting on Allium plant in pot against north wall of house
Image 1: Female - dark form - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dark form - dorsal view - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - dark form - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - antenna - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - coxae II and III - latero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - coxae III - latero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - dark form - hind quarters - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - dark form - hind quarters - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - dark form - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - dark form - metasoma - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 15: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - postero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - metasoma - apex - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole and T1 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole and tergite 1 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum, petiole and T1 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Stenichneumon https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

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

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