Tersilochus caudatus (Holmgren, 1860)
(a tersilochine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTersilochus caudatus (a tersilochine ichneumon)
GenusTersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)
SubfamilyTERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine 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 Tersilochus caudatus (a tersilochine ichneumon) :
1: Tersilochus caudatus (a tersilochine ichneumon)
13 Apr 2024 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in attended Malaise Trap
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - mesosoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - mesosternum and coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - closer-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - glymma at tip of petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - petiole tip - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver background

Tersilochus caudatus (a tersilochine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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