Ichneumon oblongus Schrank, 1802

Ichneumon oblongus Schrank, 1802 View in CoL

Notes

Resembling other smaller species in appearance, such as I. simulans . Some females are brachypterous. One of the more common species in grass tussocks and moss, but sometimes below bark too. Many records exist from the United Kingdom, which has a great tradition of ‘ tussocking’. Additional uncertain records exist for Belgium and Germany (Coll. RBINS; GBIF).

Status: Confirmed.

Records: Belarus (1), Belgium (3), Czechia (3) **, Denmark (1) **, France (9), Germany (6), Ireland (4), Norway (4) *, Poland (1), Romania (3), Russia (1), Sweden (1) *, United Kingdom (50).

First record: Ca. 1863 ( Tischbein (1863), Germany).

Hibernacula: DT (37), DV (4), LV (78), M (31), S (12), U (7).

Sources: Tischbein (1863) [ Ichneumon lutrator W.], Tischbein (1873 b) [ I. latrator W.], Berthoumieu (1894) [ I. latrator Fabr. ], Athimus (1901 a) [ I. latrator Wesm. ], Morley (1903) [ I. latrator Fab. ], Torka (1915) [ I. latrator F.], Johnson (1920) [ I. latrator Fab. ], Hancock (1923) and Hancock (1925) [ I. latrator Fabr. ], Seyrig (1923) [ I. latrator F.], Constantineanu (1929 b) [ I. latrator Fabr. ], Heinrich (1949 a) [ Pterocormus latrator F.], Heinrich (1951) [ I. latrator F.], Constantineanu (1959) [ I. latrator Fabr. ], Rasnitsyn (1959) [ I. latrator F.], Valemberg and Vago (1974 b) and Valemberg and Vago (1975) [ I. latrator F.], Valemberg (1976 b) [ I. latrator F.], Bauer (1984) [ I. latrator F.]; Unpublished: Artportalen, Coll. RBINS, iRecord, Naturbasen, Pers. obs., Tereshkin (2014).

Also mentioned in: Tischbein (1871) [ I. latrator W.], Rasnitsyn (1964) [ I. latrator F.], Tereshkin (2002) [ I. latrator Fabr. ].