Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon wasps)

Gelis discedens (Förster, 1850)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Gelis calvus (Forster, 1850) | Gelis collaris (Rudow, 1917) | Gelis exareolatus (Rudow, 1917) | Gelis nigrithorax (Habermehl, 1920) | Gelis potentillae (Rudow, 1917) | Gelis psychidum (Rudow, 1917) | Gelis quaesitorius (Forster, 1850) |

  • Gelis cf. discedens, female  4746
    Gelis discedens (Förster, 1850)     
    Gelis cf. discedens, female, det. Martin Schwarz
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-07-17 09:13:43
    Image number: 4746
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-07-17 09:13:43
    det. Martin Schwarz
  • Gelis cf. discedens, female  4747
    Gelis discedens (Förster, 1850)     
    Gelis cf. discedens, female, det. Martin Schwarz
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-07-17 09:12:24
    Image number: 4747
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-07-17 09:12:24
    det. Martin Schwarz
  • Gelis cf. discedens, female  4748
    Gelis discedens (Förster, 1850)     
    Gelis cf. discedens, female, det. Martin Schwarz
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-07-17 09:15:28
    Image number: 4748
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-07-17 09:15:28
    det. Martin Schwarz
  • Gelis cf. discedens, female  4751
    Gelis discedens (Förster, 1850)     
    Gelis cf. discedens, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-07-19 07:48:56
    Image number: 4751
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-07-19 07:48:56

  • Gelis discedens, cocoon  4801
    Gelis discedens (Förster, 1850)     
    Gelis discedens, cocoon
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-07-09 11:40:06
    Image number: 4801
    cocoon
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-07-09 11:40:06


Classification:
Gelis discedens belongs to the subfamily Cryptinae, tribe Phygadeuontini.
Annotation:
The wasp has developed in the egg cocoon shown in the last picture which probably originates from a long jawed spider of the genus Tetragnatha.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Dicky S. Yu, Kees van Achterberg & Klaus Horstmann: World Ichneumonoidea 2011, Taxapad 2012