Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 21-07-2009 20:16
#1
July 21, 2009, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region, Russia. Roughly equal proportion of males and females (total number about 20) was found in a container with (mostly) lepidopteran pupae including a couple of
Psychidae cases and some cocoons of
Hypera collected on
Galeopsis speciosa (weevils mostly already emerged). Size: male ca. 1.5 mm, female ca. 2 mm. Hosts of
Necremnus include both
Psychidae and
Hypera, yet to me it looks more like
Pnigalio.
Subject changed from Eulophinae, Necremnus/Pnigalio? to Elasmus, ID by proctoss.
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 02-08-2009 18:32
Posted by ChrisR on 26-07-2009 10:49
#2
I can't comment on the identifications but those are wonderful photos Dima! :D
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 02-08-2009 18:30
#5
Many thanks Victor, yes with branched antennae of male it seems to be
Elasmus; typical big and flattened hind coxae are also quite visible, although some early authors (e.g. Nees and Foerster) took them for part of the thorax.
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 02-08-2009 18:57
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 02-08-2009 19:01
#6
I've checked Graham, 1995 (The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Vol.131, 1-23) and think this might be
E. flabellatus (Fonscolombe, 1832).