Amblyjoppa fuscipennis
| Amblyjoppa fuscipennis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ichneumoninae |
| Genus: | Amblyjoppa |
| Species: | A. fuscipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyjoppa fuscipennis (Wesmael, 1844) | |
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Amblyjoppa fuscipennis is a species of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.[2]
Subspecies
Description
Amblyjoppa fuscipennis can reach a height of about 16–25 centimetres (6.3–9.8 in).[4] It is a large black wasp with white spots between the eyes, a reddish abdomen, darkened wings and orange legs. The antennae of the males are completely black, while the females show a white band in the middle. [5] These wasps can maily be found in August. [6]
This species looks very similar to Protichneumon pisorius, but in the genus Amblyjoppa there is a longitudinal fold only on 2nd abdominal sternite, while in the genus Protichneumon these abdominal sternites are often present in the 2nd-4th tergites.[7][8]
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe (Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; former Yugoslavia), in the Near East, in North Africa and in the Oriental ecozone.[3][9]