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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · 8d

The symbiont is known to attract Rhyssa ichneumonids. I have seen this often in a species of Rhyssa (Rhyssinae) (so probably the same for your orange Meagarhyssa (Rhyssinae)) when host infested wood is sawn it exposes the fungus (and frass) to the air, easily attracting the Rhyssinae ichneumonid (2)

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · 8d

This looks like a species of Odontocolon (Xoridinae) The hosts are immature beetles and in some cases probably sawflies too, the frass of which probably attracts some ichneumonids in search of hosts. Its known that woodwasp hosts can also introduce a fungal symbiont into the wood on oviposition (1)

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International Society of Hymenopterists @hymenopterists.bsky.social · 14d

Its WORLD WASP DAY!

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · 21d

Private woodland, msg u

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · 21d

Wroughtonia spinator (Lepeletier & Serville, 1827) first record for Shropshire. A rarely recorded species in the U.K. Parasitoids of cerambycid beetles

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · Aug 21

Its Ophion sp, an Ophioninae, which includes Enicospilus–but they have quite distinctive wing structures and differ from Ophion in other ways. Also purgatus is a North American species, that has not been found in the U.K.

Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · Aug 3

This is Pimpla rufipes

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · Aug 3

Yes a male of panzeri, the colour of the males can be quite variable

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · Jul 27

definitely Enicospilus, but i'd need to see a few more details to determine the species

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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · Jul 7

Volume 8 (1) of @integsyst.bsky.social was published on 30 June 2025. It includes the descriptions of 7 new genera and 31 new species of insects. The articles are Open Access and available for download at @bioone.bsky.social:

tinyurl.com/yeytj2bh

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · Jul 1

Most, I would think, will know, they are very probably specimens taken from different locations, over many decades. The data that is attached to them, useful for understanding patterns in species distribution, environmental change etc

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · Jun 21

Lissonota sp (Banchinae)

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · Jun 20

This is Enicospilus repentinus. Enicospilus are nocturnal. However, males of some species are regularly found during the day and its thought they maybe rather less strictly nocturnal than females

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phy_papers @phypapers.bsky.social · Jun 19

Male description, bionomics, and phylogenetic placement of Phytodietus (Weisia) clavotibialis Shimizu & Konishi (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae: Phytodietini), with insights into the subgeneric systematics of the genus Phytodietus Gravenhors https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40531409/

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David Notton @davidnotton.bsky.social · Jun 13

New publication! Review of Tetramopria (Diapriidae) of E Palaearctic - mating behaviour and interactions with host ants. with Ryoji Kawai and Seonwoo Yoon. Free download:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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brekeland.bsky.social @brekeland.bsky.social · Jun 6

Smicroplectrus perkinsorum a darwinwasp, collected in Stavanger, Norway

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Brandon Claridge @ichsofna.bsky.social · Jun 4

Happy to announce that my paper describing Anisobas irwini and recording two host records for Anisobas coloradensis is finally out! The species name honors the prodigious collector Mike Irwin who collected the holotype.
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insecta_mund...

#Ichneumonidae #parasioid

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · May 31

Definitely not Pimpla, I'm pretty sure it's a Diplazontinae, genus is going to be difficult to say from what can be seen, could be male or female

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · May 27

I mostly put any loose bits in gelatin capsule and pin through the capsule, card otherwise

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · May 26

you can try, europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej... which i think contains all but 2 on the british checklist, then search for descriptions for the others

View of Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations

europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · May 25

Cocoon is of a Braconidae, Praon sp

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Entomologist's Monthly Magazine @entmonmag.bsky.social · May 25

🚨 The #EMM's 2nd issue of 2025 is now out! 🚨

We have species new to science (living and in amber); new to Britain; entomological history; and, lengthy taxonomic revisions 👇

More highlights to follow!

We're also thrilled welcome Dr Adrian Spalding to the Editorial Board 👏

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Brandon Claridge @ichsofna.bsky.social · May 22

New Plagiotrypes species from Arizona I'm working on describing. The genus is otherwise known from eastern NA and the wet neotropics, so it was surprising to discover this one from an arid mountain in southern Arizona.

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · May 21

Lathrolestes verticalis (Brischke, 1871) a male, I have seen only one previous specimen record from England, collected in 1941. It has also been found in Scotland and Ireland, but not yet recorded from Wales as far as I know #Ichneumonidae

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Jaswinder Boparai @jasboparai.bsky.social · May 13

Not sure if anyone knows for certain, perhaps in front of some backgrounds they can confuse predators, as the darker segments look separated, however, they are more often found in females, and I think I read somewhere they may help to assess the size of the host

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