Virgichneumon maculicauda is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae.BiolibCatalogue of life It is a parasitoid of the Cinnabar moth.
Distribution This species is mainly found in Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Russia and Spain.Fauna europaea
Description Virgichneumon maculicauda has a black body and yellow-orange legs. On the tip of the abdomen, tergite 5 is stained with white spots (hence the species name maculicauda, meaning with spots on the tail).Key to species
Bibliography Wesmael, C. (1845) Tentamen dispositionis methodicae. Ichneumonum Belgii., Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 18(1944):1-239. Perkins, J.F. (1953) Notes on British Ichneumonidae with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae)., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series. 3:103-176.
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