Pachyneuron groenlandicum

Pachyneuron groenlandicum

Alternative names
Pachyneuron umbratum
Description

Length 1.5-2.6mm. Head and thorax varying from dull olive-green or bluish olive to a fairly bright green or blue-green. Femora often more or less infuscate, sometimes wholly pale, tibiae pale or with a fuscous subbasal ring. Forewing with marginal vein longer than stigmal vein, basal vein with 2-12 hairs, speculum open below, upper surface of costal cell often bare. Thorax arched dorsally, scutellum in profile appearing convex. Propedial nucha mainly to entirely reticulate. Gaster of female at least slightly less than twice as long as broad, average about 1-5 times. 

Identification difficulty
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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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