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Key to northern European Xylophrurus
Xylophrurus
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Taxa:
Coloration
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Mesosoma extensively reddish. Metasoma completely black.
Mesosoma black. Metasoma partially reddish or orange.
Ovipositor
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Ovipositor sheaths at least 2.5 times the length of hind tibia, almost or as long as body.
Ovipositor sheaths less than 2 times the length of hind tibia, usually shorter than metasoma.
Temples
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Temples noticeably expanded behind eyes. Rare species.
Temples not or very weakly expanded behind eyes.
Remaining taxa:
Xylophrurus augustus
Xylophrurus cf. coraebi
Xylophrurus lancifer
Xylophrurus tumidus
Discarded taxa:
Info
This key includes the three known northern European species of
Xylophrurus
and one uncertain species.
X. dentatus
is here considered a synonym of
X. augustus
, see Paappanen (2020).
References
Paappanen, J. (2020). The genus
Xylophrurus
Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Finland with a discussion on the status of
X. dentatus
(Taschenberg, 1865). Sahlbergia 26(1–2): 24–28.
Vas, Z. (2016). New records of ichneumon wasps in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia with a key to the Western Palaearctic
Xylophrurus
species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 76.
https://doi.org/10.17112/foliaenthung.2015.76.223
Key to northern European Xylophrurus
Xylophrurus
