Record Summary | Female, swept off flowering Common Knapweed |
Found as | Female imago |
Date | 11 August 2023 |
Capture method | swept |
Associated organism | Centaurea nigra s.l. |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SU01 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W |
Vice County | South Wilts, VC no: 8 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 11 Aug 2023[S] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Body length: 8.0mm, ovipositor length: 10.8; wing length: 5.9; flagellomeres: 30+29.
T2 L/B: 1.65; ovipositor/body length: 1.35
Interocellar distance greated than occellus to occipital carina.
Hind claws pectinate.
T1 narrowly, and T2-3 broadly reddish, on hind margin.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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