Lissonota subaciculata Bridgman, 1886

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 33

Lissonota subaciculata Bridgman, 1886

Another colourful species with yellow patches on its vertex is L. subaciculata . Also yellow are its face, the orbits along the vertex, the sides of thorax, the coxae and the fore trochanters. The hind coxae are black with red patches. The remaining parts of the legs and tergites 2-4 are red ( KUSLITZKY, 1981). Additionally, the sculpture on the first tergite is distinctive, with many preapical striae extending diagonally over the median part of the petiole (BROCK, 2017). Its presence could be expected (and should be expected in Belgium), with the species being very widely distributed in Western Europe (see FAUNA EUROPAEA). The second specimen was caught in a lane with oaks where the ‘plague’ moth Thaumetopoea processionea (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Lepidoptera : Notodontidae ) was abundant. This indeed is a known host (AUBERT, 1978).

First report for the Netherlands; unreported in Belgium.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♂; Drachten-Azeven (FR); 53°06’49”N 6°09’00”E; 11/vii/2020; H. Meijer leg.; coll. HM; field observation; H. Meijer det. • 1 ♂; Drachten-Azeven (FR); 53°06’49”N 6°09’00”E; 30/vii/2020; H. Meijer leg.; coll. HM; light trap; H. Meijer det.