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| Virgichneumon maculicauda - Male | |
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| Species: | V. maculicauda |
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| Virgichneumon maculicauda (Perkins, 1953) | |
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Virgichneumon maculicauda is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae. [1] [2] It is a parasitoid of the Cinnabar moth . [3]
This species is mainly found in Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Russia and Spain. [4]
Virgichneumon maculicauda has a black body and yellow-orange legs. On the tip of the abdomen, tergite 5 is stained with white spots (hence the species name maculicauda, meaning with spots on the tail). [5]
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Tranosema is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.
Rhembobius is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. They are parasitoids of pupal stage Syrphidae.
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