Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ichneumonidae(?)
Posted by Rui Andrade on 18-06-2008 17:40
#1
I reared this ichneumonid(?) from a Zygaena trifolii pupa. What species can it be?
location: Salreu, Portugal
date: 03/06/2008
Note: the wasp seems to be full of eggs. That is strange because it has recently emerged:o.
Posted by Rui Andrade on 22-06-2008 00:25
#2
Is it not possible to tell the genus or at least confirm the family:(?
Posted by ChrisR on 22-06-2008 12:10
#3
I'd go as far as to say superfamily Ichneumonoidea, family Ichneumonidae... but that's where I get scared ;) and I wouldn't like to say if it was subfamily Ichneumoninae, Cryptinae or Banchinae... they are just too difficult and there is nothing very distinctive about this insect. Even if you had a good specimen and all the best keys (and there aren't keys for *big* groups) then you probably would spend hours trying to get a name for it :(
Posted by Rui Andrade on 22-06-2008 12:23
#4
Thank you for confirming the family Chris.:)
Posted by cthirion on 27-06-2008 10:55
#5
Valmeberg says male Cryptinae ?Mesostenini!
Posted by Rui Andrade on 27-06-2008 23:55
#6
Thank you very much Camille:).