Hoplismenus bidentatus (Gmelin, 1790), (an ichneumonine ichneumon)


15 Sep 2021 at OSGR: SU21 in South Wilts, England

Record SummaryMale, black form, swept off cultivated honeysuckle
Found asMale imago
Date15 September 2021
Capture methodswept
OS grid refOSGR: SU21
Lat/Lon50° 60’ N, 1° 40’ W
Vice CountySouth Wilts, VC no: 8
CountryEngland

Notes: Body length: 10mm; flagellomeres 35+35, tyloids on 7-16, broadly elliptical, black with shiny margin; mandible bidentate, narrow; area superomedia half-moon shaped, area petiolaris sunken, dentiparal teeth present; white on inner and outer orbits, pronotal collar (two spots), scutellum, mid and hind tarsi.

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