Atractodes pusillus Förster, 1876

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 88

Atractodes pusillus Förster, 1876

Just like the abovementioned species, A. pusillus has a shiny mesopleuron. In contrast to the species mentioned however, this species is really small. Our specimen had a body length of 3.5 mm. Furthermore, it is completely black, except for the (hind) femora and tibiae, which are red. This distinguishes it from for example A. pauxillus Förster, 1876 ( JUSSILA, 2001).

First report for the Netherlands; unreported in Belgium.

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THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♀; Drachten (FR); 53°05’59”N 6°06’32”E; 29/viii/2020; H. Meijer leg.; coll. HM; light trap; H. Meijer det.