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Bioblitz Wasp 1: Ichneumon - Enicospilus purgatus
Copyright © 2010 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Bioblitz Wasp 1: Ichneumon - Enicospilus purgatus
Floyd Bennett Field, Kings County, New York, USA
June 12, 2010
Size: ~6cm
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 12 June, 2010 - 1:16pm
Last updated 12 June, 2010 - 10:47pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 12 June, 2010 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Info Please
How did you ID this to species? I was with Rusty at the time this was shot and have images of the same individual.
… Steve Nanz, 25 June, 2010 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Identification
My recollection is that this configuration of the corneous scleromes in the discocubital cell indicates purgatus. Gauld revised the Nearctic species, but I don't happen to have a copy of the paper, but purgatus is a common species. Townes had placed purgatus as a synonym of merdarius, but Gauld resurrected purgatus. I have not read the particulars, but I am a bit skeptical because my recollection is that only females of purgatus were known and it was believed to be an immigrant species.
… Bob Carlson, 25 June, 2010 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
OK
So does that make the subject I photographed in ME here purgatus as well?

The key I found here has an example that is only ID'd to genus and it looks the same. Sorry to bother you with this but it's really cool to actually get these to species.
… Steve Nanz, 25 June, 2010 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
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I also see that I didn't need to rely entirely on memory, as I now see that I have a series of specimens that Townes identified as purgatus.
… Bob Carlson, 26 June, 2010 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

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