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Hi,
Some days ago I tapped off this small, nice wasp with silvery eyes. According to the high number of antennal segments I suppose Braconidae. Is there anybody who has a deeper insight in this big family? A proposal of a subfamily or even a tribe would be greatly appreciated!
On the lower picture, there is a Chloropid in the background, so the size of the wasp can be estimated.
Seen in southwestern Germany, 20 km west of Stuttgart.
Many thanks, Sundew

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Hello,

subfamily Cryptinae (Ichneumonidae)? (Looks very much like one, that was identified for me as such.)

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Hi, I've found this pretty one on 20180723 and identified it as Phanerotoma sp. (Braconidae):
https://galerie-i...mp;esp=sp.

Greetings, Eric

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Thank you so much! I think Phanerotoma spec. fits very well, but which of the 25 European species it is (about 5 in Germany?) we cannot find out, as the key https://www.resea...onidae.pdf is much more detailed than my pictures... Nevertheless it is a great success to have reached a genus ID (the many internet pictures show these silvery eyes), so I am delighted.
Best wishes, Sundew