Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ichneumonidae I

Posted by jorgen on 01-03-2008 19:52
#1

Can somebody ID this Ichneumonidae? Maybe Dolichomitus (imperator?) ? It was at least 2 cm. I took the photo at 29 april 2008. The place was a wooden fence between forest and meadow.

home.scarlet.be/lichtverschijnselen/BD/sluipwesp1.jpg

Posted by jorgen on 01-03-2008 19:52
#2

home.scarlet.be/lichtverschijnselen/BD/sluipwesp2.jpg

Posted by cthirion on 01-03-2008 21:00
#3

Dolichomitus are impossible to separate in photograph, the end of the drill must be visible at the height enlargement!

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 02-03-2008 13:44
#4

Do you have any zoom on the thorax? I think I guess some wrinckles on it so it'll be Rhyssella approximator, an Ichneumonidae Rhyssinae. A common species.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-03-2008 18:39
#5

Hello!

cthirion wrote:
Dolichomitus are impossible to separate in photograph


And D. imperator is very unlikely to be found in April (2008???). It's an autumn species (I find most Dolichomitus here in October).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 02-03-2008 18:39

Posted by jorgen on 02-03-2008 22:54
#6

Thanks to all for the replies. I cropped another photo from another angle. The little spots are reflections of the flash. The photos are from 2007, a little mistake of me. I keep the EXIF in my photos by the way.

home.scarlet.be/lichtverschijnselen/BD/sluipwesp3.jpg

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 02-03-2008 23:04
#7

No sorry this is not the right angle. I need to see the upper face of the thorax. A zoom on the thorax of the first of second picture would be good...

Posted by jorgen on 02-03-2008 23:12
#8

You ask, we deliver :) The quality is not that good due to the flash reflections.

home.scarlet.be/lichtverschijnselen/BD/sluipwesp4.jpg

Posted by cthirion on 03-03-2008 00:21
#9

http://www.rutkies.de/bienen-3/Rhyssella%20approximator%20-%20Schlupfwespe%2007b%2014mm.html