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Ascogaster abdominator
(Dahlbom, 1833)
Overview
Taxonomy
Ascogaster abdominator
Description
A species with very variable color. The body is at times nearly entirely orange excluding the head, although a darker coloration is more common. The clypeus has one long central denticle on an otherwise straight margin which distinguishes
A. abdominator
from all other northern European species.
Biology
No hosts are known.
Distribution
Occurring throughout most of the Palearctic, common in places.
Accepted name
Ascogaster abdominator
(Dahlbom, 1833)
Original name
Chelonus abdominator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Ascogaster
Synonyms
Ascogaster femoralis
Ascogaster fulviventris
Ascogaster instabilis
Ascogaster pallida
Ascogaster rufiventris
Type
Zoologiska Institutionen
, Lund, Sweden (female)
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References
Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015 (Biological and taxonomical information), Taxapad Interactive Catalogue Database on flashdrive. Nepean, Ottawa.
