Acrodactyla quadrisculpta (Gravenhorst, 1820), (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

13 Sep 2019 at OSGR: SZ09 in Dorset, England

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Record Summary	Female, swept off rushes
Found as	Female imago
Date	13 September 2019
OS grid ref	OSGR: SZ09
Lat/Lon	50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice County	Dorset, VC no: 9
Country	England
Voucher	13 Sep 2019[L] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

Notes: Fore wing: 4.3mm; 25 flagellomeres.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Fitton, M.G., Shaw, M.R., & Gauld, I.D., 1988. Pimpline Ichneumon-flies. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7. Part 1, 110pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Shaw, M.R., 2006. Notes on British Pimplinae and Poemeniinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with additions to the British List. Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 19: 217-238.

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Acrodactyla quadrisculpta (Gravenhorst, 1820), (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

13 Sep 2019 at OSGR: SZ09 in Dorset, England

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