Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Parasitic wasp
Posted by Smoggycb on 07-12-2009 11:06
#1
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
#2
and a second image
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 07-12-2009 11:08
#3
Ichneumonidae, looks like subfamily Pimplinae..
Greetings
Posted by Smoggycb on 07-12-2009 14:30
#4
Thanks Gerard
Posted by ChrisR on 07-12-2009 16:49
#5
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
#6
There are optimists !:D
Posted by ChrisR on 07-12-2009 19:46
#7
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
#8
Yes....for UK material!;)
Posted by Smoggycb on 08-12-2009 10:25
#9
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.