Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A parasitic wasp
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-07-2006 13:29
#1
July 20, 2006, collected by sweeping.
Size around 4mm.
Maybe someone is familiar with it, for colour pattern looks quite characteristic.
Posted by Jan Willem on 30-07-2006 15:53
#2
Hi Dima,
Very nice specimen! It looks like Braconidae to me. I will ask around.
Jan Willem
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-07-2006 17:40
#3
OK many thanks Jan
Posted by ChrisR on 01-08-2006 10:24
#4
Definitely a braconid wasp (from the wing venation) - and a lovely photo :) Perhaps Kees van Achterberg would be able to put a name on it - if anyone has his email?
Edited by ChrisR on 01-08-2006 10:25
Posted by cthirion on 01-08-2006 10:28
#5
Kees is in Holidays:D
Posted by Jan Willem on 01-08-2006 10:59
#6
Yes indeed, I also received an Out-of-office reply from Kees.
Jan Willem
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 01-08-2006 11:20
#7
Thanks to all - so let's wait?
Posted by ChrisR on 01-08-2006 12:43
#8
Yeah - Kees van Achterberg is literally "the man that wrote the book on braconid wasps" ... in fact quite a few books! :D
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 01-08-2006 19:43
#9
Well I'm intrigued (and full of anticipation :)).
Posted by cthirion on 18-08-2006 12:01
#10
From KEES!
Braconidae Alysiini Trachyusa aurora
Thanks Kees!:)
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 18-08-2006 12:14
#11
Thanks a lot cthirion :)!
Could you also please quote the name of Kees van Achterberg's publication that you used?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-08-2006 12:26
#12
Jan Willem wrote:
Hi Dima,
Very nice specimen! It looks like Braconidae to me. I will ask around.
Jan Willem
Hi
How can we distinguish between a Braconidae and Ichenumonidae in the field?? I thought, at first, that this was an Ichenumonidae wasp... thank you!!!
Posted by Jan Willem on 18-08-2006 12:43
#13
Just received a response from Kees van Achterberg:
Looks like a member of the Alysiini. If so, it would be Trachyusa aurora. Very nice pictures indeed!
So it probably is
Trachyusa aurora (Braconidae: Alysiinae: Alysiini).
Jan Willem
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 18-08-2006 13:05
#14
Many thanks for your kind ID confirmation Jan.
Posted by Jan Willem on 18-08-2006 14:50
#15
Well I had overlooked the response of Cthirion.
Jan Willem
Posted by cthirion on 18-08-2006 21:47
#16
I do not use any document, each one his speciality and I ask Kees quite simply! ?
?On the ground, the practice puts to me on the track but it is necessary to see the nervation of the wing and the second discoidale not closed to recognize Braconidae! ?
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 18-08-2006 22:04
#17
Well Camille (if I may), I think it's great to be able to ask for an opinion of such an expert directly :)!
Posted by Jan Willem on 20-08-2006 12:07
#18
I asked Kees van Achterberg for information on the biology of
Trachyusa aurora. Kees told me that
T. aurora is recorded as a parasite of
Trichiosoma (Trichiosoma) sorbi [Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Cimbicidae]. However Kees told me that this record is not correct! So the biology is still unknown.
That the record is incorrect is not surprising since Alysiinae are known as endoparasites of cyclorrhaphous Diptera. So Dima, also this hymenopteran found a good forum to be posted upon:D.
Jan Willem
Edited by Jan Willem on 20-08-2006 12:08
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 21-08-2006 07:28
#19
Thanks again Jan :).
Posted by lweit on 21-08-2006 20:09
#20
Hello
Is Trachyusa aurora present in France, in Fauna Europae no data for France .
Thank you
Louis
Posted by Jan Willem on 22-08-2006 06:31
#21
Hi Louis,
The data on Braconidae for the Fauna Europaea project were entered by Kees van Achterberg. So since
Trachyusa aurora is not recorded as present in France, Kees has seen no records of this species from France. However since this species is known from Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England, and The Netherlands (a.o.), there is a good chance that it will also occur in France! So keep looking for it and if you find it, notify Kees van Achterberg;).
Jan Willem