Ichneumon albiger/confusor, (two *Ichneumon* wasps with indistinguishable males)


27 Jul 2022 at OSGR: NN70 in West Perthshire, Scotland

Record SummaryMale, in flight.
Found asMale imago
Date27 July 2022
OS grid refOSGR: NN70
Lat/Lon56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W
Vice CountyWest Perthshire, VC no: 87
CountryScotland
Voucher27 Jul 2022[C]
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Notes:

Body length 10.5mm.

Scape yellow below; flagellum yellow below from F1, flagellomeres 34+34, tyloids on 5-12, almost as long as their segment; face and clypeus completely yellow.

Very short pronotal shoulder-stripe, small subalar spot and scutellum, except for centre of base, yellow.

Hind coxa black, trochanter black with narrow yellow border, trochantellus reddish-yellow above, femur black, shortly dark yellow at base; tibia yellow-black (1/2), basitarsus yellow, slightly darker near tip, tarsomere 2 2/3 yellow, tarsomere 3 1/3 yellow, remainder brownish black.

T2-3 yellow.

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