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Key to European Lycorina
Lycorina
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Taxa:
Metasoma
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Tergites 2-4 with triangular areas defined by grooves anteriorly and posteriorly, bordered by sublateral swollen regions.
If tergites with deliminated areas then these are either not defined by grooves posterorly or not triangular.
Metapostnotum
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Metapostnotum with a hook-shaped projection.
Metapostnotum without hook-shaped projection.
Ovipositor
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Ovipositor sheaths shorter than metasoma. Ovipositor without subapical notch and with a distinct nodus.
Ovipositor sheaths longer than metasoma. Ovipositor often with a distinct subapical notch and without nodus.
Colour
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Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Coxae black, legs otherwise mostly reddish, hind tibia darkened apically.
Colouration different.
Remaining taxa:
Lycorina triangulifera
Other Ichneumonidae
Discarded taxa:
Info
This key separates the only European species of
Lycorina
from similar Ichneumonids.
References
Broad, G.R., Shaw, M.R. & Fitton, M.G. (2018). Ichneumonid wasps: (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): Their classification and biology. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 7, Part 12. Royal Entomological Society.
