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Key to northern European Stilbopinae
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Taxa:
Ovipositor
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Ovipositor sheaths longer than metasoma.
Ovipositor sheaths slightly longer than hind tibia.
Ovipositor sheaths shorter than hind tibia.
Claws
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Claws pectinate
Claws not pectinate
Metasoma
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Metasoma with tergite 2-4 predominantly red.
Metasoma black with the apical tergites red laterally.
All tergites black.
Face
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Face in lower half very densely covered with white hairs.
Face less densely hairy.
Hind legs
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Hind coxa red. Hind tibia white centrally.
Hind coxa black. Hind tibia not white centrally.
Dorsal carina
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Dorsal carina of tergite 1 distinct and extending past the middle.
Dorsal carina of tergite 1 absent or weak, not extending past the middle.
Head
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Frons with a distinct longitudinal carina beneath the anterior ocellus. Vertex coarsely punctate behind ocelli.
Frons without a distinct longitudinal carina beneath the anterior ocellus. Vertex smooth and shuny behind ocelli.
Info
This key covers all known northern European species of Stilbopinae.
Likely taxa
Panteles schuetzeanus
Stilbops asper
Stilbops limneriaeformis
Stilbops plementaschi
Stilbops ruficornis
Stilbops vetulus
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.
Hinz, R. (1981). Die europäischen Arten der Gattung Stilbops Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).
Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 30
, 62-64
