Virgichneumon maculicauda is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae.[1][2] It is a parasitoid of the Cinnabar moth.[3]
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| Species: | V. maculicauda
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Distribution
editThis species is mainly found in Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Russia and Spain.[4]
Description
editVirgichneumon 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
edit- 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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- ^ 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.
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