Bathythrix pellucidator (Gravenhorst, 1829), (a phygadeuontine ichneumon)
IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN


31 May 2025 at OSGR: SU01 in South Wilts, England

Record SummaryMale, swept off flowers of Purging Buckthorn
Found asMale imago
Date31 May 2025
Capture methodswept
Associated organismRhamnus catharticus
OS grid refOSGR: SU01
Lat/Lon50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountySouth Wilts, VC no: 8
CountryEngland
Voucher31 May 2025[F]
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Notes:

Body length: 4.6mm flagellomeres: 19+20, F2 L/B: 3.5, strong tyloids on F10-12, highest on 10, longest on 11, best seen from above (in profile).

Clypeus with two small teeth; S1 exceeding spiracles.

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