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| elck |
Posted on 14-08-2007 09:36
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Member Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 120 Joined: 21.03.05 |
Hello, Could anyone say something about where to look for the name of this wasp please? elck attached the following image:  [57.48Kb] Regards, Elck (coccinellidae in dutch:http://stippen.nl) |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2007 10:22
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like a cynipoid wasp - possibly family Eucoilidae, but a specimen would be needed to find out which species it is - if there is a key to the species in your part of Europe  |
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| elck |
Posted on 14-08-2007 15:49
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Member Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 120 Joined: 21.03.05 |
I have a specimen. I'm interested as I think it parasitised a coccinellidae I'm about 80% sure the larva emerged from an adult coccinellida, leaving the beetle dead. The pupae was attached to the beetle. Where should I go from here to know more? Regards, Elck (coccinellidae in dutch:http://stippen.nl) |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2007 16:23
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
If this is a eucoilid (which i am fairly sure of - from the wing-venation and the raised disc on the scutellum) then they are mainly parasitoids of dipteran pupae - but it's a very under-studdied group so anything is possible. Here in the UK the key is: Quinlan, J. 1978. Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Eucoilidae. Handbooks for the identification of British insects 8, 1 ( b ) : 1-58. But note that family Eucoilidae has been downgraded to a subfamily of Figitidae now so might be listed in modern literature as Eucoilinae I have used the key and found it works fine to genus but I have always had trouble getting further. Edited by ChrisR on 14-08-2007 20:19 |
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| elck |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:04
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Member Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 120 Joined: 21.03.05 |
Thanks Chris. If I can get an answer, I'll post it here Regards, Elck (coccinellidae in dutch:http://stippen.nl) |
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