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Posted by Smoggycb on 07-12-2009 11:06

Sorry for the poor quality of the images. From a house on the south coast of England in early november (found dead)

Posted by Smoggycb on 07-12-2009 11:07

and a second image

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 07-12-2009 11:08

Ichneumonidae, looks like subfamily Pimplinae..
Greetings

Posted by ChrisR on 07-12-2009 16:49

If you send it over I can give you a name for it - the RES pimpline key is pretty easy to use :)

Posted by cthirion on 07-12-2009 18:04

There are optimists !:D

Posted by ChrisR on 07-12-2009 19:46

LOL, the key to British Pimplinae is very good - I have used it many times here and Mark Shaw has recently released updates to it... so I have reasonable confidence for UK material ;)

Posted by cthirion on 07-12-2009 22:28

Yes....for UK material!;)

Posted by Smoggycb on 08-12-2009 10:25

Thanks for your contributions. Chris, if I think on I will bring it to the tachinid workshop in February.

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 08-12-2009 10:33

#10

What is the size?

Posted by Smoggycb on 08-12-2009 11:20

#11

12mm from head to tip of abdomen, with another 3mm of ovipositor.

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 08-12-2009 14:33

#12

Before confirmation, could you make a picture of Tibia III or tell me if is it completely red.

Posted by Smoggycb on 08-12-2009 14:59

#13

Tibia III is completely red Pierre.

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 08-12-2009 16:09

#14

Then it is at 99,9% Pimpla rufipes.

Posted by Smoggycb on 08-12-2009 16:12

#15

Excellent! Thanks Pierre-Nicolas, more than I could have reasonably hoped for.

Posted by ChrisR on 08-12-2009 18:43

#16

That's a nice ID - can you bring it to the workshop anyway Chris? I'd like to run it through the British key and just make sure I get it out to that species - I don't think I have seen P.rufipes yet :)

Posted by Smoggycb on 08-12-2009 19:30

#17

OK Chris, will do.

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 08-12-2009 23:30

#18

I'd like to run it through the British key

In the British key, you'll find it under Pimpla hypochondriaca (now synonym of rufipes)

I don't think I have seen P.rufipes yet

You should it is one of the most common...

good night

Posted by ChrisR on 08-12-2009 23:52

#19

Ahh, P.hypochondriaca sounds much more familiar :) I probably just need to apply Marsh Shaw's updates to my copy and add-in some margin notes :) Thanks for the clarification.