Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Large Ichneumon - Dolichomitus?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-11-2007 17:03
#1
Hello!

I spotted this Ichneumonid on Nov-01 at an ash at the forest here in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Length without Ovipositor about 30 mm. Does it belong to genus Dolichomitus? Thanks!


Two larger pics:
http://www.foto-u...0mm_W2.jpg
http://www.foto-u...0mm_W3.jpg

Posted by ChrisR on 16-11-2007 17:09
#2
It loos very similar to Dolichomitus that I have here - but you probably won't get a species-level name because they are identified on the grooves in the tip of the ovipositor :)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-11-2007 17:17
#3
Hello, Chris!

Chris Raper wrote:
It loos very similar to Dolichomitus that I have here - but you probably won't get a species-level name because they are identified on the grooves in the tip of the ovipositor :)


Thanks! I assumed that that a species level ID would not be possible, but I was also not sure of the genus. Most Dolichomitus I saw here in the last years were even larger!

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 13-11-2009 12:10
#4
Pay attention that it could also be the genus Paraperithous!