Coelichneumon comitator (Linnaeus, 1758), (an ichneumon wasp)


17 Jul 2020 at OSGR: SU01 in South Wilts, England

Record SummaryMale, at Wild Parsnip
Found asMale imago
Date17 July 2020
Associated organismPastinaca sativa
OS grid refOSGR: SU01
Lat/Lon50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountySouth Wilts, VC no: 8
CountryEngland
Voucher17 Jul 2020[A]
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Notes:

Length: 15mm; flagellomeres: 41+41, tyloids: 7-20.

Fore basistarsus with apical triangular projection.

Black with the following parts white: subalar ridge, scutellar striae, two tiny spots on postscutellum, inner and outer orbit and vertex spot, small spots at sides of clypeus and tiny spot on mandible base. Legs black (fore tibiae paler on dorsal surface). Strongly striate between gastrocoeli and at the base of T2.

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