Virgichneumon maculicauda

Virgichneumon maculicauda is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae.[1][2] It is a parasitoid of the Cinnabar moth.[3]

Virgichneumon maculicauda
Virgichneumon maculicauda - Male
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V. maculicauda
Binomial name
Virgichneumon maculicauda
(Perkins, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Barichneumon maculicauda Perkins, 1953

Distribution

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This species is mainly found in Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Russia and Spain.[4]

Description

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Virgichneumon maculicauda has a black body and yellow-orange legs. On the tip of the abdomen, tergite 5 is stained with white spots (hence the species name maculicauda, meaning with spots on the tail).[5]

Bibliography

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  • Wesmael, C. (1845) Tentamen dispositionis methodicae. Ichneumonum Belgii., Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 18(1944):1-239.
  • Perkins, J.F. (1953) Notes on British Ichneumonidae with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae)., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series. 3:103-176.

References

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  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Catalogue of life
  3. ^ Verheyde, Fons; Hoekstra, Paul; Libert, Pierre-Nicolas; Meijer, Hilco; Brosens, Edwin (2021-12-02). "(PDF) Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Belgian Journal of Entomology. 122: 1–142. ISSN 2295-0214. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  4. ^ Fauna europaea
  5. ^ Key to species
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