Capture in our house in Cne Donzy (France - dépt. Nièvre) on 15 VII 2010
Det. JP Balmer
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Biblio (main)
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Rossem (Van) 1969 - A revision of the Genus Cryptus ... Cryptina ... ,
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Schmiedeknecht 1906/1908 : in "Opuscula Entomologica" - Part 7 - p.530/558
..... on the Net (see with
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org)
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Thunberg 1822 , in "Mémoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg" - p.249/281
[This document seems to have disappeared from the Net]
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Townes 1969 : "The Genera of Ichneumonidae" - Part 1 & 2
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Cryptinae =
Gelinae in
Townes-------
* You use the keys that we sent on our Forum, entitled :
... Adaptation for the ♂ & ♀ (of France & Italy) of the subFamilies's Key contained in "The Genera of Ichneumonidae" of H. Townes ...
You find the sub-Family
Cryptinae* You use the keys that we sent on our Forum :
[Given the Forewing's Lenght the key should not be used, but here it is still usable]
On our capture, the base of Tergite 1 does not has a lateral triangular Tooth
[About the key to the Genera of Agrothereutina for Townes - Part 2 :
An important criterion is the ratio Lg. Ovipositor/Lg. Tibia 3, the ratios of 2 genera are given, but for the 3rd the Lg. of Ovipositor is compared with the Lg. of Forewing !]
You find the Genus
Aritranis[Progress in the key , Couplets :
1 -> 13 -> 19 (dg not >> gk) -> 25 (see photo) -> 28 (N not <<1/2) -> 30 (see photo) -> 31]
* Détermination of sp. :
- We cannot trust the synonymy which we find at various Authors (they are not identical)
- The descriptions of various Authors are also various ...
- The Genus
Aritranis belongs to several Genera in the keys of
Schmiedeknecht, and their species are with difficulty comparable
- The description of
A. director Thunberg 1822, can relate in of numerous
IchneumonidaeIt is even doubtful as Entomologists have examined the Typus (in 19th century, Russia was far - in 20th century, the collection was maybe already lost)
I wonder if this species is not rather a
medley of species which we do not know how to place somewhere else ?
Of where the determination of
A. cf. director ...
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A. (cf. ?) director was captured in almost all Europe (whose
Italy)
