Polysphincta longa Kasparyan, 1976

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 : 108

Polysphincta longa Kasparyan, 1976

Polysphincta longa resembles P. boops , as mentioned above, but has more flagellomeres (28- 33 versus 25-28) and has a thicker pubescence on its mesoscutum (while very smooth in P. boops ). There is also some difference in size (see all details FRITZÉN & SHAW, 2014). Our specimen had well above 30 flagellomeres. As stated in the abovementioned publication, this species probably has been widely underreported due to its unclear morphological status and confusion with P. boops . First report for Belgium; unreported in the Netherlands.

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BELGIUM: • 1 ♀; Lozer , Lozerbos (OVL); 50°55’26”N 3°33’25”E; 15/ix/2020; J. Raes leg.; field observation; F. Verheyde & O. Varga det. (ObsID: 200162223) .