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Nocturnal Ichneumonoidea Recording Scheme

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Nocturnal Ichneumonoidea Recording Scheme:

This recording scheme focuses on mapping the distributions of British and Irish nocturnal ichneumonoids. I welcome any light-trapped specimens of Ichneumonidae and Braconidae, but particularly those species that are testaceous/reddish, such as the genera Ophion, Netelia, Absyrtus, Homolobus, Zele, amongst others. Ophion obscuratus, a common, nocturnal species, is shown below.

Very little is known about the distribution or abundance of parasitoid wasps. Hopefully this recording scheme will be a step towards generating some useful data that will allow us to measure change, in distribution and abundance, over time. In collaboration with Mark Shaw, a dataset relating to the British Netelia fauna will be made available on the NBN Gateway, to coincide with a taxonomic revision of the British species which is nearing completion.

If you have specimens of nocturnal ichneumonoids they will be gratefully received at the address given on this CV. Please do email in advance. Specimens of Ophion or Netelia from elsewhere in Europe would also be very gratefully received.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/ ... index.html

Identification key to British and Irish subfamilies of Ichneumonidae:

This key to ichneumonid subfamilies is a draft version so any constructive criticism will be appreciated: - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -95113.pdf

Checklists of British and Irish Hymenoptera:

The most recent complete British and Irish checklist was published in 1978 and so is now badly out of date. The updated checklist is nearing completion (as at 2010) and drafts for several families are available here below. Any comments or criticism are welcome.

Checklist of British and Irish Braconidae PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -34139.pdf (614.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Ichneumonidae PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -27752.pdf (2.0 MB)

Checklist of British and Irish Sawflies PDF h[url]ttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files/checkl ... -59046.pdf[/url] (431.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Ceraphronoidea PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -27753.pdf (82.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Charipinae PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -40356.pdf (46.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Evanioidea PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -73400.pdf (38.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Trigonalyoidea PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -73401.pdf (21.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Chalcididae PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -95109.pdf (74.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Eulophidae PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -95110.pdf (220.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Eurytomidae PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -95111.pdf (89.0 KB)

Checklist of British and Irish Mymarommatoidea PDF http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/files ... -95112.pdf (14.0 KB)

Dr Gavin Broad
Senior Curator/ Acting Collections Manager
Entomology department
Entomology Hymenoptera
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD

E-mail: g.broad@nhm.ac.uk

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