Dusona juvenilis is a species of parasitic wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae, subfamily Campopleginae.[1] It is a parasitoid of Eupithecia haworthiata larvae.[2]
| Dusona juvenilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Genus: | Dusona |
| Species: | D. juvenilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dusona juvenilis Förster, 1868
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Description
editHead, antennae and thorax black. Second abdominal segment red on the posterior 0.1 – 0.3, third segment extensively red and forth segment black but rarely marked red laterally, gaster otherwise black. Legs varying between yellow and black, front and middle legs usually brighter. Maxillary palps yellow or yellowish red. Mandibles marked with yellow. Epipleuron of the third tergite not separated by a crease. Size 7–9 mm, 26–28 flagellomeres in females, 28–31 in males. Ovipositor index 1.3. Dusona juvenilis can be distinguished from the very similar species D. aemula by the length of the ovipositor and that pleural part of the epicnemial carina being almost completely obliterated, usually with only some wrinkles present medially and/or subdorsally.[3][4]
Ecology
editDusona juvenilis is univoltine. It is associated with Clematis vitalba since this is the host plant to the host. Flight period is between June and September.[2]
Distribution
editDusona juvenilis is known from a large portion of the Palearctic region: Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (including Siberia), Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom.[2]
References
edit- ^ Taxapad Ichneumonoidea. Yu D.S.K., 4 May 2009
- ^ a b c Horstmann, K (2011). "Verbreitung und Wirte der Dusona-Arten in der Westpaläarktis (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae)" (PDF). Linzer biologische Beiträge. 43: 1295-1330.
- ^ Horstmann, Klaus (2009). "Revision of the western Palearctic species of Dusona Cameron (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae)" (PDF). Spixiana. 32: 45-110.
- ^ Meier, Noah I.; Urfer, Karin; Haraldseide, Håkon; Vårdal, Hege; Klopfstein, Seraina (2022). "Open access in a taxonomic sense: a morphological and molecular guide to Western Palaearctic Dusona (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research.