Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dipter unknown... please help me on ID.

Posted by ChrisR on 08-06-2006 08:33
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Well, this photo looks very like a specimen I have labelled here as Amblyjoppa fuscipennis (Order Hymenoptera, Family Ichneumonidae), which I believe in England is a fairly distinctive species. BUT ( and this is a very, very big 'but' ) this identification carries a very big warning: Parasitic Hymenoptera (which includes the Ichneumonidae) are a very large group with many very similar species, identifiable only using complex keys and a good microscope. So, use this identification with caution - especially considering how far away from England you are ;)

Amblyjoppa fuscipennis is apparently a parasitoid of Small Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila porcellus)

Edited by ChrisR on 08-06-2006 08:37