Homoporus gibbiscuta

Homoporus gibbiscuta

Description

Head and thorax metallic, abdomen and legs yellow. Antennal clava without a terminal stylus. Postmarginal vein of forewing as long as the marginal vein. Malar space only about one third the length of an eye. Scutellum strongly convex seen in profile. Legs slender; spur of mid tibia hardly half as long as the first tarsal segment, the latter five to six times as long as thick. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

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UK Status

Unknown.

VC55 Status

Unknown.

Further Information

Graham, MWR de V. (1969) The pteromalidae of north-western Europe (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 16. 

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