Barycnemis harpura

Barycnemis harpura is a tersilochine ichneumon with a black head & thorax, black and red abdomen and orange/red legs with hind femur being entirely red. It has a body length ~6mm. The wing pterostigma are black and the flagellomeres count should be at least 26 with the ovipositor sheath in females that is slightly shorter than the first tergite. Flight period July-October

Other Barycnemis sp.

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(Ideally a specimen should be keyed using Khalaim, A.I., 2004. A review of the Palaearctic species of the genera Barycnemis Forst.)

• Black Head and Thorax
• Black/red abdomen
• Body length ~ 6mm
• Red hind femur
• Black pterostigma
• Flagellomere count at least 26
• Ovipositor sheath slightly shorter than 1st Tergite

Identification advice should be sought from British Ichneumonoidea Facebook

Flight period July - October