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McClaughry Springs FP, Illinois, USA
July 26, 2008
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 26 March, 2009 - 9:43pm
Last updated 27 September, 2009 - 10:07pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… John F. Carr, 27 September, 2009 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Rhyssinae…
The larger size, a cylindrical elongated abdomen becoming dorsolaterally compressed apically, lack of an areolet, and the hind coxae being more than two times longer than wide indicates a male wasp in this subfamily.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 26 August, 2009 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I have this ID'd as Rhyssella
I have this ID'd as Rhyssella nitida
… Rob Curtis, 26 August, 2009 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
re: species...
This could well be in this genus, but from this reference here, R. nitida supposedly has a uniformly black gaster and mesosoma (without white markings) which is not the case here. Care to comment?
… Ross Hill, 26 August, 2009 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

 
That was F. Purrington's dete
That was F. Purrington's determination.
… Rob Curtis, 26 August, 2009 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah...
This is kind of the problem with IDing ichneumon wasps in general - that is to say that references that are used can be obsolete, not up-to-date, or just plain wrong. If Dr. Purrington feels comfortable with his species key here, then we should add it to the guide; if not I would leave this at the subfamily level for now.
… Ross Hill, 26 August, 2009 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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