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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 » Dark-mesoscutum (Ophion Dark-mesoscutum)
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Dark Thoracic Stripes on this Ichneumonid - Ophion
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Dark Thoracic Stripes on this Ichneumonid - Ophion
Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
April 1, 2014
Jaunty stripes on the dorsum of this wasp. Is this an Ophion sp.?

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Dark Thoracic Stripes on this Ichneumonid - Ophion Dark Thoracic Stripes on this Ichneumonid - Ophion
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 9 May, 2014 - 7:23am
Last updated 8 April, 2021 - 11:57pm

Moved
Moved from Ophion.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 8 April, 2021 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 9 May, 2014 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

Yes it is…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 9 May, 2014 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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