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On the Identity of an Ichneumonid Parasite of Hepialus lupulinus (L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Ewen Cameron
Ewen Cameron
Affiliation:
Biology Dept., St. Mary's Hospital Medical College, University of London.
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A paper by the present writer on an Ichneumonid parasite of Hepialus lupulinus (L.) under the name Alomya debellator (F.) appeared in the last issue of this journal (1950). It now transpires that this Ichneumonid is not A. debellator but Ichneumon suspiciosus Wesm. This error was pointed out, as soon as the paper was published, by Mr. J. F. Perkins of the British Museum, and agreed by Mr. G. J. Kerrich of the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, both of whom, as specialists in the Ichneumonidae, recognised the illustration produced from a drawing prepared by Mr. A. J. E. Terzi as representing a species of Ichneumon, probably I. suspiciosus. The actual specimen illustrated has been traced, and its identification has been confirmed by Mr. Perkins as Ichneumon suspiciosus Wesm. It is certain, moreover, that all the parasite material involved was this species and not A. debellator.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , February 1951 , pp. 637
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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