Cratichneumon armillatops Rasnitsyn, 1981

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 : 72

Cratichneumon armillatops Rasnitsyn, 1981

If we ignore recognition by habitus, Cratichneumon spp. are not easy to identify. Usually the area superomedia is conspicuously transverse, the lateral carinae are often poorly developed at the base and the tyloids of the males are narrow ( PERKINS, 1959; TERESHKIN, 2004).

C. armillatops was (re)described by RASNITSYN & SIITAN (1981). The males have white rings on their flagellum and all tibiae. Except for the legs the species is completely black, including its clypeus. The thyridia are small and well distanced from the base of the tergite.

First report for Belgium; unconfirmed in the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♂; Mol , Buitengoor en omgeving (AN); 51°12’35”N 5°09’13”E; 19/vi/2010; werkgroep EW [Paul and Marianne] leg.; field observation; C. Thirion & J. Valemberg det. (ObsID: 48800565) .