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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) » Orthopelmatinae » Orthopelma
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Unknown Wasp - Orthopelma - male
Copyright © 2012 Libby & Rick Avis

Unknown Wasp - Orthopelma - Male
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
June 1, 2012

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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 16 June, 2012 - 7:12pm
Last updated 20 June, 2012 - 2:55pm

Moved
Moved from Orthopelmatinae.
… Bob Carlson, 20 June, 2012 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 18 June, 2012 - 4:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Bob Carlson, 16 June, 2012 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Tersilochinae?
Wing venation seems to suggest this could be a male of Tersilochinae. Barycnemis harpura (Schrank) is an associate of Diplolepis rosae and occurs in North America as well as Europe.
… Bob Carlson, 16 June, 2012 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob.
That's great to know. Wondered if it might be an ichneumon.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 17 June, 2012 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Probable ID
Dr. Klaus Horstmann informs me that the association of Barycnemis harpura with Diplolepis rosae is 200 years old and has not been substantiated. He suggests that the specimen is more likely to be a species of Orthopelma, as those are known parasitoids of Diplolepis. The species Orthopelma mediator (Thunberg) has been commonly reared from D. rosae in Europe and this page has photos and a discussion of the biology. The species has been recorded from British Columbia. Additional photo of the male of Orthopelma mediator.
… Bob Carlson, 18 June, 2012 - 3:58am login or register to post comments

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