Cratichneumon flavifrons (Schrank, 1781), (an ichneumon wasp)


11 May 2019 at OSGR: ST90 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryMale, by general sweeping
Found asMale imago
Date11 May 2019
Capture methodswept
OS grid refOSGR: ST90
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher11 May 2019[F]
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Notes:

Body length: 12mm; 35+35 flagellomeres, tyloids 4-14 (small one on 15); very fine sternauli-like lines half the length of the mesopleuron; metasoma coriaceous; hypopygium slightly produced into a rounded lobe.

C. fugitivus has a yellow mark on the lower, outer orbit which this doesn’t have.

William Penigot: a good match except the shape and position of the white stripe on external orbit.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

standard photographs and close-ups
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