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Capture at the edge of "Lac des Settons", attracted by the lighting of a Restaurant, in Cne Montsauche (France - dépt. Nièvre) on 01 VII 2015

Det. JP Balmer
[is not Xorides (Gonophonus) propinquus !]
This is following a remark of william PENIGOT that I realized that I had made a mistake of identification
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Biblio :
- Constantineanu 1977 : Fauna Republicii socialiste România - Vol. IX - fasc.7 - p.216/262
- Townes 1969 : "The Genera of Ichneumonidae" - Part 1
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Main characteristics of our capture not visible on our photos :
- Spiracle placed between the base of Tergite 1 & the middle of this Tergite
- Mesoscutum without transverse rugae
- Epicnemial carina present
Important characteristics visible on our photos :
- Head sub-spherical(badly visible)
- Areolet of Forewings absent
- Mandible with 1 Tooth (see the photo)
- Vein 2m-cu of Forewings with 2 Bullae (badly visible)
- 5th Tarsal Segment of Legs 3 not broader than other Tarsal Segments

All its characteristics allow us to determine the sub-family : Xoridinae
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Determination of Genus
We use : viewtopic.php?f=104&t=39972&hilit=+poemenia
Characteristics of our capture :
- Frons without a median Horn
- The Mandibles having only 1 Tooth, so it's not Odontocolon, it's the Genus Xorides
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Determination of sub-Genus & species
See viewtopic.php?f=104&t=50565&hilit=+xorides

Then our capture is a Xorides (X.) alpestris (Habermehl, 1903)
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[The sp. alpestris was not captured in Italy]