Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nippocryptus vittatorius ♀ < Ichneumonidae - Cryptinae

Posted by Carnifex on 03-11-2025 15:32
#1
Hi,
can this specimen be further narrowed down?

Lower Austria, early November

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Edited by Carnifex on 03-11-2025 17:47

Posted by eklans on 03-11-2025 17:17
#2
Compare Nippocryptus vittatorius https://waarnemin...0872/\

Posted by Carnifex on 03-11-2025 17:46
#3
You are great, Eric!

N. vittatorius can be recognised very easily. It is the only species in the genus with the hind tibia white basally and with a unique dark band on the fore wing

This is a citation from in VERHEYDE F. et al., 2021. - Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first timein Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 122: 1–142.