Virgichneumon albosignatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVirgichneumon albosignatus (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusVirgichneumon (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
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 Virgichneumon albosignatus (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Virgichneumon albosignatus (an ichneumon wasp)
7 May 2024 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Woodspurge
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 - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - T3 and T4 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - antenna with tyloids - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - post-petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - scutellum and propodeum - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - tyloids on flagellum - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background
2: Virgichneumon albosignatus (an ichneumon wasp)
10 Oct 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot/Burnet Saxifrage
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - postpetiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - hind coxae with scopae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Virgichneumon albosignatus (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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