Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Acrocerid pupa ?
Posted by John Bratton on 11-06-2020 18:47
#1
I collected this 1 June 2020 from a marsh at Moelyci Farm, Tregarth, North Wales. The host is Tetragnatha extensa. Unfortunately I had pickled it before I noticed the parasite. I am suggesting Acroceridae because that is the only group I know that parasitises spiders.
Posted by John Bratton on 11-06-2020 18:49
#2
Is it possible to identify a pupa? I don't think any of the three British species of acrocerid has been recorded in North Wales.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-06-2020 23:44
#3
All the British acrocerids are internal parasites, and as far as I know none has been recorded from
Tetragnatha. I suspect this is more likely to be an ichneumon.
Posted by eklans on 12-06-2020 08:10
#4
Bore da John, it could be a Acrodactyla sp. (Pimplinae) - these are parasitoids of Tetragnatha, too.
Greetings, Eric
Posted by John Bratton on 12-06-2020 09:34
#5
Thanks very much. It is a slight comfort to know I haven't missed out on the first North Wales acrocerid. There are no Acrodactyla records from around here either but they don't look very distinctive. I don't think I could pick them out in a sweep net.
John