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Scambus elegans

Description

Scambus elegans (Woldstedt, 1877)

Notes

Similar to S. pomorum, but with the propodeum evenly rounded in profile and a higher ovipositor-hind tibia index (Fitton et al. 1988). This species is exclusively found in evergreen trees.

Status: Confirmed.

Records: Denmark (1) **, the Netherlands (1) *, United Kingdom (3).

First record: Ca. 1988 (Fitton et al. (1988), United Kingdom).

Hibernacula: LT (4), U (1).

Sources: Fitton et al. (1988); Unpublished: iRecord, Naturbasen, Observation. org

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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References

  • Fitton M. G., Shaw Mark, Gauld I. 1988 Pimpline Ichneumon - flies: Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae) The Royal Entomological Society London 110 0 901546 72 0