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In the title of this Message,
I added "(var ?)" because none sp. of Palearctic Apophua has the Legs so clear (they have in particular the Tibiae 3 mainly or entirely black)
The only ones having the Legs 3 clear, as notre capture, are species not Palearctic
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Capture in Cne Roussillon-en-Morvan (France - Dépt. Saône-et- Loire) on 26 IX 2014
At the place there is a cold micro-climate which is the same that the one who dominated 5000 years ago

Det. JP Balmer
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Biblio (main) :
- Brock 2017 : The Banchinae Wasps ... in "RES vol. 7 Part 4"
- Morley 1914 : A revision of the Ichneumonidae ... - Part. III - p. 115
- Schmiedeknecht 1906/1908 : Opuscula Ichneumonologica - Fasc. 15 (on the Net, see with http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org)
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Let us examine the drawings that are present in the keys that we send on our Forum, entitled :
... Adaptation for the ♂ & ♀ (of France & Italy) of the subFamilies's Key contained in "The Genera of Ichneumonidae" of H. Townes ...

Given the characteristic aspect of the surface of Tergites 3 & 4, we find very quickly that our capture is a Banchinae

Then, by going to viewtopic.php?f=104&t=54322&hilit=+banchinae
We find that the capture, is either an Apophua either a Glypta

* Determination of Genus :
- Tibia 1 with Spur reaching almost the middle of Basitarsus (see photo)

[For Glypta, the Spur, much shorter, does not reaching the middle]

* Determination of species :
- All Coxae red (if black then sp. suturalis)
- Tergite 3 not transverse (see photo)
- Propodeum not carinated except the apical transverse Carina who is present (Regrettably, I was not able to make a correct photo of this important criterium)

Of where the determination
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The species is only known in Northern & Oriental Europe (neither in France, neither in Italy)
The cold micro-climate in the zone of our capture explains maybe the presence of this species "relic" for France