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Cryptus albitarsis
Photo#1943897
Copyright © 2021 Carol Berney
Cryptus albitarsis? -
Cryptus albitarsis
Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada
October 5, 2019
Contributed by
Carol Berney
on 27 February, 2021 - 9:20pm
Last updated 28 February, 2021 - 5:14am
Moved
Moved from
Atrophini
.
The first abdominal segment is significantly too petiolate for Atrophini. Note as well the shape of the areolet. Carol's ID appears to be correct.
These ichneumonid misidentifications are beginning to become a bit problematic. Several are erroneous at the subfamily level and unreasonably diverge from taxonomic definitions. (For instance, all Rhyssinae have a strongly striated mesoscutum, but I've just had to remove a fair chunk that are clearly much too smooth.)
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 28 February, 2021 - 5:14am
Moved
Moved from
Ichneumonid Wasps
.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 27 February, 2021 - 10:08pm
Atrophini (male)…
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 27 February, 2021 - 10:04pm
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 27 February, 2021 - 9:51pm