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Aptesis nigrocincta

Description

Aptesis nigrocincta (Gravenhorst, 1815)

Notes

Aptesis nigrocincta is specialised on sawfly hosts, for example, the apple sawfly Hoplocampa testudinea (Klug, 1816). This host association is more exceptional within hibernating Ichneumonidae, but it is possible that the diapause is facultative here. However, the species has been found in a wide variety of hibernacula and countries, with a slight preference for hibernation in vegetation, notably grass tussocks.

Status: Confirmed.

Records: Belgium (2), Denmark (1) *, France (1), Ireland (4), Norway (4), Russia (1), Sweden (1) *, Switzerland (1) *, The Netherlands (2) *, United Kingdom (13).

First record: 13. III. 1904 (Morley (1907), United Kingdom).

Hibernacula: DT (4), DV (5), LV (15), M (5), S (3), U (1).

Sources: Morley (1907) [Microcryptus nigrocinctus Grav.], Anonymous (1909) [M. nigrocinctus Gr.], Johnson (1920) [M. nigrocinctus Gr.], Seyrig (1923) [Aptesis nigrocinctus Gr.], Hancock (1923) and Hancock (1925) [M. nigrocinctus Grav.], Rasnitsyn (1964) [M. nigrocinctus Grav.]; Unpublished: Artportalen, Naturbasen, Observation. org, Pers. obs.

Notes

Published as part of Verheyde, Fons, De Ketelaere, Augustijn, Ørsnes, Geir, Pénigot, William, Storey, Malcolm, Österblad, Ika, Cameron, Al, Engan, Gunnar, Fiala, Miroslav, Lutz, Jonas, Parkhomenko, Maksym, Gokhman, Vladimir E, Dekoninck, Wouter, Cooleman, Stijn & Mees, Jan, 2025, First comprehensive catalogue of hibernating Darwin wasps in the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. e 176441 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e176441, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e176441

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Journal article: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e176441 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gravenhorst
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Aptesis
Species
nigrocincta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aptesis nigrocincta (Gravenhorst, 1815) sec. Verheyde, Ketelaere, Ørsnes, Pénigot, Storey, Österblad, Cameron, Engan, Fiala, Lutz, Parkhomenko, Gokhman, Dekoninck, Cooleman & Mees, 2025

References

  • Morley Claude 1907 Ichneumonologia Brittannica: The ichneumons of Great Britain II. Cryptinae James II. Keys Plymouth 351 10.5962/bhl.title.10363
  • Bequaert Joseph 1909 Bouwstoffen voor de Hymenopteren-fauna van België [161-170] Vlaamsch Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres Brussel 18-20 September 1909 Handelingen van het XIII Vlaamsch Natuur- en Geneeskundig congres https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba/254
  • Johnson W. F. 1920 Hibernating ichneumon flies The Irish Naturalist 29 65 66 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/6740
  • Seyrig André 1923 Observations sur la biologie des ichneumons Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 92 4 345 362 10.1080/21686351.1923.12279953
  • Hancock G. L. R. 1923 On some hibernating Ichneumonidae from the Cambridgeshire fens Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 59 152 158
  • Hancock G. L. R. 1925 Notes on the hibernation of Ichneumonidae and on some parasites of Tortrix viridana L. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 61 23 28
  • Rasnitsyn A. P. 1964 Overwintering of ichneumon flies (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomogical Review 43 1 24 26