Rhembobius bifrons (Gmelin, 1790), (tongue-less tongue ichneumon)


27 Feb 2023 at OSGR: NN79 in East Inverness-shire, Scotland

Record SummaryFemale under thick mat of erect pleurocarpous moss hiding a large stone on the edge of a marsh, with *Myrmica ruginodus*.
Found asFemale imago
Date27 February 2023
OS grid refOSGR: NN79
Lat/Lon57° 0’ N, 4° 0’ W
Vice CountyEast Inverness-shire, VC no: 96
CountryScotland
Voucher27 Feb 2023[A]
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Body length: 5.2mm; scape black, flagellum red-black-white-black, 20+20FF.

Clypeus without any teeth; eyes hairy; occipital carina joining oral carina well behind base of mandible; dentiparal area with broad reflexed tooth at apex; propodeal spiracle small, round; petiole dorsally flat in basal half, then elbowed, distal half and postpetiole broad with raised central area hardly wider than each side area, side areas weakly striate-rugulose.

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