Barycnemis harpura

Barycnemis harpura

Description

Barycnemis harpura is a tersilochine ichneumon with a black head & thorax, black and red abdomen and orange/red legs with hind femur being entirely red. It has a body length ~6mm. The wing pterostigma are black and the flagellomeres count should be at least 26 with the ovipositor sheath in females that is slightly shorter than the first tergite. Flight period July-October

Similar Species

Other Barycnemis sp.

Identification difficulty

R

(Ideally a specimen should be keyed using Khalaim, A.I., 2004. A review of the Palaearctic species of the genera Barycnemis Forst.)

ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)
  • Black Head and Thorax
  • Black/red abdomen
  • Body length ~ 6mm
  • Red hind femur
  • Black pterostigma
  • Flagellomere count at least 26
  • Ovipositor sheath slightly shorter than 1st Tergite
Recording advice

Identification advice should be sought from British Ichneumonoidea Facebook

When to see it

Flight period July - October

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Additional images

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