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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Ophion » Ophion slossonae
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dark-winged Ichneumon - Ophion slossonae
Copyright © 2019 tom murray

dark-winged Ichneumon - Ophion slossonae
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 30, 2019
This was a large wasp, I estimate in the 25-30mm range.

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Contributed by tom murray on 31 August, 2019 - 2:39pm
Last updated 8 April, 2021 - 2:26am

Moved
Moved from Dark-winged.

Schwarzfeld (2013) notes this as a rather distinct species with dark wings and as the largest Ophion in her study.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 8 April, 2021 - 2:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ophion.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 23 August, 2020 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ophioninae.
Thanks Rachel.
… tom murray, 20 September, 2019 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Ophion
raised base of second tergite, presence of ramellus, and straight r-rs vein
… Rachel Behm, 20 September, 2019 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… tom murray, 31 August, 2019 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Ophioninae…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 31 August, 2019 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

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