Virgichneumon maculicauda

Virgichneumon maculicauda
Virgichneumon maculicauda - Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Genus:	Virgichneumon
Species:	V. maculicauda
Binomial name
Virgichneumon maculicauda (Perkins, 1953)
Synonyms
Barichneumon maculicauda Perkins, 1953

Virgichneumon maculicauda is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae. ^{[1] [2]} It is a parasitoid of the Cinnabar moth . ^[3]

Distribution

This species is mainly found in Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Russia and Spain. ^[4]

Description

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]

Bibliography

• Wesmael, C. (1845) Tentamen dispositionis methodicae. Ichneumonum Belgii., Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 18(1944):1-239.
• Perkins, J.F. (1953) Notes on British Ichneumonidae with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae)., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series. 3:103-176.

References

1. Biolib
2. Catalogue of life
3. Verheyde, Fons; Hoekstra, Paul; Libert, Pierre-Nicolas; Meijer, Hilco; Brosens, Edwin (2021-12-02). "Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Belgian Journal of Entomology. 122: 1–142. ISSN   2295-0214 . Retrieved 2024-07-15.
4. Fauna europaea
5. Key to species

External links

• Fugleognatur.dk