Polytribax rufipes (Gravenhorst, 1829), (a cryptine ichneumon)


19 Jul 2016 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryMale, visiting Wild Carrot (rare form with antennal flagellum mostly orange )
Found asMale imago
Date19 July 2016
Associated organismDaucus carota ssp carota
OS grid refOSGR: SY67
Lat/Lon50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher19 Jul 2016[D]
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Notes:

Rare form with antennal flagellum paler proximally (see Morley, Vol II, p27).

33 flagellomeres, basal FF dorsally dark, becoming orange up to F16, 17-33 black; same colour change ventrally but not as abrupt; tyloids on F16-20, tyloid on 16 narrowly elliptic, 75% of segment length, subsequent tyloids progressively shorter and rounder, those on F19 and 20 also narrower.

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