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Enicospilus QQB553

an ichneumon wasp

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: an ichneumon wasp

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - Rarotonga; Land

KEY FEATURES: Large slender wasp to 18mmBL. HEAD red with large black eyes, and red antennae 15mm. THORAX robust, red. WINGS both clear, veins dark. ABDOMEN slender anteriorly and thickening posteriorly, mainly red with brown near tip. LEGS red.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Enicospilus QQB553
Query: B553 is BESO 1999 number

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Parasitica; Ichneumonoidea; ICHNEUMONIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, Te Rua manga, Beso 553 & 732, 1999, with ID as Enicospilus QQB553; specimen+photo, c.1985, GMcC. in NZAC without ID (similar, unnamed specimens from New Caledonia and Samoa), ID G.McCormack as Enicospilus QQB553, 9/2005.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB03b, zupB05b, zM04a, zupM05a, zD03b, zupD05a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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