Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758), (lesser pennant wasp)

2 Aug 2015 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

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Record Summary	Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Found as	Imago
Date	2 August 2015
Associated organism	Daucus carota
OS grid ref	OSGR: SY67
Lat/Lon	50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice County	Dorset, VC no: 9
Country	England
Voucher	2 Aug 2015[J] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

Notes: Ovipositor 1.2 times length of hind tibia.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

van Achterberg, C., 2013. de Nederlandse Hongerwespen (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea: Gasteruptiidae) Nederlandse Faunistische Medelingen Vol 39: 55-88.
van Achterberg, C. & Talebi, A.A., 2014. Review of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Iran and Turkey, with the description of 15 new species ZooKeys Vol 458: 1-187.
Johansson, N. & van Achterberg, C., 2016. Revision of the Palaearctic Gasteruption assectator aggregate, with special reference to Sweden (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) ZooKeys Vol 615: 73-94.

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Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758), (lesser pennant wasp)

2 Aug 2015 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

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