Lagarotis semicaligata (Gravenhorst, 1820), (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)


3 Oct 2021 at OSGR: SU01 in South Wilts, England

Record SummaryMale, visiting Wild Parsnip
Found asMale imago
Date3 October 2021
Associated organismPastinaca sativa
OS grid refOSGR: SU01
Lat/Lon50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountySouth Wilts, VC no: 8
CountryEngland
Voucher3 Oct 2021[A]
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Notes: Body length: 10.5mm; face yellow up to antennal sockets, with black ring around anterior tentorial pit, clypeus and labrum also yellow; clypeus truncate, margin shortly reflexed, mandible with lower tooth longer and broader; areolet present but very small; propodeum with longitudinal carinae present, posterior transverse carina very short and curved, spiracle round; petiole with dorsal carinae converging backwards but fading about level of spiracles, glymma tiny; tergite 8 deeply and narrowly notched.

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