Spilichneumon occisorius
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Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Ichneumoninae
Tribus: Ichneumonini
Species name edit
Spilichneumon occisorius (Fabricius, 1793) (Spilichneumon occisor (Fabricius)
Original name edit
Ichneumon occisorius Fabricius, 1793
Distribution edit
Western Palaearctic: Europe, Middle Asia (Turkmenija), Turkey, Iran.
Image edit
Tereshkin, 2011, 2013
Main characters edit
Mandibles of femles strong, long and broad, narrowed in middle and broadened at the apical half (spatulate), at apex with flat broad teeth divided by rather narrow impression, lower tooth broader and longer than upper one; clypeus flat, slightly convex at base, sharply impressed relative to middle and lateral fields of face. Head black with reddish frontal orbits. Thorax black with white scutellum and subalarum. Tergites 2-3 red, 2nd with with yellowish base, other tergites black; tergites 4-6 with white stripes at apex, 7th with white spot.
Detailed description edit
Tereshkin, 2011
Hosts edit
Lepidoptera: Cirrhia togata Esp., Gortyna flavago Den. & Schiff. (Noctuidae).
Biology edit
Eggs deposition: larvae. Emerge: pupae.
Hibernation edit
Probably females hibernated as adult.
Ecology edit
(For Eastern Europe):
Biotopical preference: Alder forests.
Seasonal activity: Females are observed in May. Males are found in August (Tereshkin, 2011, 2014).
Literature edit
- Fabricius, J.C. 1793: Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Tom. II. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Tom. II.: 1–519.
- Tereshkin, A. 2011: Illustrated key to the genera of the subtribe Amblytelina of Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 43(1): 597-711. PDF
- Tereshkin А.M. 2013: Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in Entomology on an example of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Minsk:Pravo i ehkonomika: 1–284. PDF
- Tereshkin А.M. 2014. Data on fauna of subtribe Amblytelina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini): 1–24. http://tereshkin-ichn.narod.ru; http://tereshkin.info/. DOC
- Yu D.S., van Achterberg K. & K. Horstmann. 2012. World Ichneumonoidea. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution: URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160404092612/http://www.taxapad.com/