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| Record Summary | Male, at Wild Parsnip |
| Found as | Male imago |
| Date | 12 July 2020 |
| Associated organism | Pastinaca sativa |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU01 |
| Lat/Lon | 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W |
| Vice County | South Wilts, VC no: 8 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 12 Jul 2020[J] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
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Length: 14mm; flagellomeres: 42+43, fla 1 L/B=1.56, tyloids: 7-22, the broadest L/B=1.58.
Fore basistarsus with apical triangular projection.
Black with the following parts white: pair of flecks on mesonotum, subalar ridge, scutellar striae, dumbbell on scutellum, two spots on postscutellum, inner and outer orbit and vertex spot, spots at sides of clypeus and mandible base. Legs black (fore tibiae paler on dorsal surface). Strongly striate between gastrocoeli and at the base of T2.
After seeing the photos Matthias Riedal said: "Although it is easier to identify the females of Coelichneumon because they have more morphological features for comparison, I think that your specimen is a variety of Coelichneumon comitator (Linnaeus): black legs are sometimes occuring in this species, but an unusual feature of your specimen is the strong apical tooth of the fore metatarsus which is usually small or absent in my material."
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