Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Proctotrupidae, Hungary
Posted by eguzki on 24-10-2006 21:01
#1
It was quite small. Found in our garden.
Edited by eguzki on 22-11-2006 15:01
Posted by eguzki on 21-11-2006 17:23
#2
eguzki wrote:
It was quite small. Found in our garden.
I add another image to this thread. Does anyone help me at least the genera?
Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 22-11-2006 09:32
#3
For me it is not an Ichneumonidae. It looks more like a Proctotrupidae (see the wing venation).
Pierre-Nicolas
Posted by eguzki on 22-11-2006 15:08
#5
Hi Pierre and Robert!
Thank you for your interesting opinion! My knowledge is very poor about the Proctotrupidae. I guess that it is not easy to tell apart them from each other.
eguzki
Posted by Robert Nash on 24-11-2006 11:31
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You are right but here is an expert opinion from David Notton at the Natural History Museum, London "Assuming this is a Hungarian specimen or at least Palaearctic, it's most likely a species belonging to the genus
Proctotrupes, on account of the metasoma being reddish basally. The species can be identified in Townes & Townes world revision, should your friend :p:p still have the specimen. From the terminalia, it looks like a male. These are fairly common parasities of beetle larvae." Robert
Edited by Robert Nash on 24-11-2006 15:23
Posted by proctoss on 24-11-2006 17:18
#7
Proctotrupes gravidator L. male B)
Posted by Robert Nash on 24-11-2006 17:53
#8
Very impressive:p:p which makes this a very useful pic of a correctly identified proctotrupid.Robert
Posted by eguzki on 24-11-2006 18:58
#9
Hi Robert and proctoss!
I am very glad:D because you could help me searching for the right identification. Thx!