Phygadeuon paradoxus (Bridgman, 1889)

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 : 100

Phygadeuon paradoxus (Bridgman, 1889)

In the same group of species with brachypterous females there also is P. paradoxus . Its fore wing is short, its mesosoma (and metasoma for some part) is shiny and its ovipositor is very short for the genus (the sheaths measuring only one fifth of the hind tibiae). The species therefore is easy to recognise by pictures. Furthermore, it is mainly black, with brownish legs and reddish marks on the second and third tergite ( HORSTMANN, 1993).

First report for Belgium; unreported in the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♀; Antwerpen , Hobokense Polder (AN); 51°11’17”N 4°20’58”E; 14/iv/2011; L. Janssen leg.; field observation; F. Verheyde det. (ObsID: 53548543) .