Cryptus titubator (Thunberg, 1822)

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 : 56

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13272081

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D33240-8628-CF3B-FF69-88E96FF1F815

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scientific name

Cryptus titubator (Thunberg, 1822)
status

 

Cryptus titubator (Thunberg, 1822) View in CoL

Cryptus spp. are archetypical for cryptine wasps: relatively long and slender, prominent ovipositor, areolet present, notauli relatively strong and females often with banded antennae. Based on the habitus they share similarities with, for example Buathra or Hoplocryptus spp. but the former genus has a well-developed tentorial pit dorsally, the latter has a distinct median tooth on the clypeus. Finally, Cryptus spp. usually have an elliptic or sub-circular propodeal spiracle ( TOWNES, 1970a; SCHWARZ [2013], draft key).

Cryptus titubator View in CoL is a smaller species with shorter ovipositor sheaths (0.9 to 1.0× the length of the hind tibia). Its head and mesoscutum are black, thus contrasting with a completely orange-red metasoma (except for the postpetiole). The ventral part of the frons is smooth and without striae ( SCHWARZ, 2015). Its frontal orbits are often whitish. Among the hosts are the common moths Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL and Agriopis aurantiaria (Hübner, 1799) View in CoL ( Lepidoptera View in CoL : Geometridae View in CoL ) ( VINDSTAD et al., 2013).

First report for the Netherlands; confirmed in Belgium.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♀; Dudzele (WVL); 51°16’42”N 3°13’13”E; 15/v/2019; H. De Blauwe leg.; field observation; M. Schwarz & F. Verheyde det. (ObsID: 172389768) GoogleMaps .

THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♀; Eastermar (FR); 53°10’47”N 6°05’39”E; 20/vi/2012; Landschapsbeheer Friesland leg.; coll. HM; malaise trap 31 (13–20); H. Meijer det. GoogleMaps

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Genus

Cryptus

Loc

Cryptus titubator (Thunberg, 1822)

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin 1880
1880
Loc

Lepidoptera

Linnaeus 1758
1758
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