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Is it Tolmerus atripes or Didysmachus picipes ? -> Didysmachus picipes
Lauzette
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Posted on 06-07-2023 14:01
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France : Peyrelevade (19290)
17/V/2023
Altitude : 803 m
Length : 15 mm ?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos325/big/P5172372-asile-Tolmerus%20atripes%20-%20copie.jpg
Réf. : 325983

With this key https://www.robbe...linae.html, I think it is Tolmerus atripes but my colleague thinks it is Didysmachus picipes like this one https://www.galer...ref=222857.

We have problem with the question of cerci. Can you help us ? Thank you !
Edited by Lauzette on 08-07-2023 15:35
 
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Posted on 07-07-2023 16:47
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Hi,

Check Didysmachus picipes female, the ovipositor is quite remarkable with the tuft of hair on the anteroventral part of the oviposior.

Best, Jonne
 
Lauzette
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Ok, thank you !
 
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