Lissonota coracina (Gmelin, 1790), (a banchine ichneumon)


18 Sep 2021 at OSGR: SZ09 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryFemale, swept from rank Tufted Hairgrass
Found asFemale imago
Date18 September 2021
Capture methodswept
OS grid refOSGR: SZ09
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes:

Female with long ovipositor, T1 almost entirely black, T2 with broad dark band across full width, T3 with a pair of black spots, pale sternites.

Body length: 8.5mm.

Apparently a yet-to-be-described species close to L. coracina.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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