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Key to northern European Rhyssinae females
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Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Rhyssinae
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Descriptors
Remaining taxa
Occipital carina
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Occipital carina complete (Pimplinae)
Occupital carina interupted medially
Body coloration
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1. Body with white, somtimes almost blueish, spots. Base color black
2. Body with yellow spots (sometimes red spots also present). Base color black, redish, or brownish
3. Body black with red bands on at least the 2nd and 3rd tergites (shape of tergites different than illustrated)
4. Body entirely black or with light areas yellow and limited to scutellum and mesoscutum
Antennae
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Antennae with a white band medially
Antennae without white band
Mesoscutum
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Mesoscutum with light spots
Mesoscutum without light spots
Face
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Face black, at most with two small central white spots
Face only centrally black, inner orbits with distinct spots or bands
Scutellum
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Scutellum yellow
Scutellum black
First tergites
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1. 1st and 2nd tergites without yellow or white areas (species with distinct red fields, continental specimens almost completely red)
2. 1st and 2nd tergites with yellow or white areas (with or without red fields)
Abdomen spots
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1. Apical spots of abdomen more or less circular
2. Apical spots of abdomen oval
Clypeus
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Clypeus with a apical tubercle
Clypeus without apical tubercle
Remaining taxa
Megarhyssa perlata
Megarhyssa rixator
Megarhyssa superba
Megarhyssa vagatoria
Pseudorhyssa alpestris (Pimplinae)
Pseudorhyssa nigricornis (Pimplinae)
Rhyssa amoena
Rhyssa kriechbaumeri
Rhyssa persuasoria
Rhyssella approximator
Rhyssella obliterata
References
A. Varga (2014). "A REVIEW OF THE SUBFAMILY RHYSSINAE (HYMENOPTERA, ICHNEUMONIDAE) FROM THE UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS". Vestnik zoologii, 48(1): 27–34
SLU Artdatabanken (2024). Artfakta: Rhyssinae.
https://artfakta.se/taxa/1000031
[2024-06-27]
Finlands Artdatacenter (2024). LAJI.FI: Rhyssinae.
https://laji.fi/sv/taxon/MX.309079
[2024-06-27]