Forum Entomologi Italiani

Capture (n° 3255) in Cne : Belmont-Luthézieu (Dépt. Ain - France) on 20 VI 1998
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Det. of sub-Family : H. Dumas
Det. Of Tribe, Genus & species : JP Balmer / cf. H. Dumas
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Biblio :
- van Achterberg 1993 : Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae ...
..... http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148931
- Tobias & ... 1986 : Keys to the Insects of the european part of the USSR - Vol. III Part IV (Translation in English)
..... http://ia800303.us.archive.org/19/items ... 34bykh.pdf
Biblio indicated by H. Dumas :
- van Achterberg 1987 : Revision of the European Helconini ...
..... http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150157
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Brief key of Helconinae :
1a - Femur 3 with a ventral Tooth ................................. 2 (Helconini)
1b - If not ................................................................ Other Helconinae
2a - Marginal Cell of Hindwing distinctly widened apically ... 3 (Wroughtonia)
2b - If not ................................................................ Other Helconini
3a - Femur 3 (entirely) & Coxa 3 (almost entirely) reddish .. W. spinator
3b - If not ................................................................ Other Wroughtonia (sp. japanese)

Of where the determination.
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spinator was also captured in Italy