Perilissus rufoniger (Gravenhorst, 1820), (a ctenopelmatine ichneumon)


7 May 2025 at OSGR: ST91 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryMale, swept off Wood Spurge
Found asMale imago
Date7 May 2025
Capture methodswept
Associated organismEuphorbia amygdaloides
OS grid refOSGR: ST91
Lat/Lon50° 60’ N, 2° 0’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher7 May 2025[C]
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Notes:

Body length: 7.4mm; flagellomeres: 41+41.

Glymma present, deep and right at the base of the petiole; lower mandible tooth much larger; clypeus bluntly thick-edged.

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