Spilichneumon occisorius

Spilichneumon occisorius (Fabricius, 1793)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Ichneumoninae
Tribus: Ichneumonini

Species name

Spilichneumon occisorius (Fabricius, 1793) (Spilichneumon occisor (Fabricius)

Original name

Ichneumon occisorius Fabricius, 1793

Distribution

Western Palaearctic: Europe, Middle Asia (Turkmenija), Turkey, Iran.

Image

Tereshkin, 2011, 2013

Main characters

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

Tereshkin, 2011

Hosts

Lepidoptera: Cirrhia togata Esp., Gortyna flavago Den. & Schiff. (Noctuidae).

Biology

Eggs deposition: larvae. Emerge: pupae.

Hibernation

Probably females hibernated as adult.

Ecology

(For Eastern Europe):

Biotopical preference: Alder forests.

Seasonal activity: Females are observed in May. Males are found in August (Tereshkin, 2011, 2014).

Literature

• 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/