Location: France, Département de la Moselle Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05
Hello
I've have identified this hymenopter as Pimpla sp. perheaps Pimpla rufipes (= hypocondriaca, = instigator) : length 14 mm, antenna 12 mm, terebra 4 mm, all black and legs red
Photo taken in NE of France, in september 2006
Is it really ?
Thank you
Louis
lweit attached the following image:
Looks like Pimpla to me too though I have a bad track record in Pimplinae recently. I'll try to compare with reliably specimens later today Robert
Recommended resource
http://cse.naro.a...shi/types/ In Japanese but going to the dropdown menu in the bottom box gets to the subfamilies and on to many genera and excellent photos.
Edited by Robert Nash on 01-11-2006 10:28
Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in:
1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera).
2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid
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