Gelis melanocephalus (Schrank, 1781)

Verheyde, Fons, De Ketelaere, Augustijn, Ørsnes, Geir, Pénigot, William, Storey, Malcolm, Österblad, Ika, Cameron, Al, Engan, Gunnar, Fiala, Miroslav, Lutz, Jonas, Parkhomenko, Maksym, Gokhman, Vladimir E, Dekoninck, Wouter, Cooleman, Stijn & Mees, Jan, 2025, First comprehensive catalogue of hibernating Darwin wasps in the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 176441-e 176441 : e176441-

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18084008
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scientific name	Gelis melanocephalus (Schrank, 1781)
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Schwarz and Shaw (1999) stated this species probably hibernates, but this was already observed by Johnson (1920). However, more recent observations have been added. Most specimens were found in decaying vegetation or beaten from shrubs. Some were found in grass tussocks. Several observations were not included as uncertain, including some from Finland in vegetation.

Status: Confirmed.

Records: Belgium (2) *, Denmark (2) *, Germany (2) *, Ireland (1), the Netherlands (6) *, United Kingdom (5).

First record: 1890-1920 ( Johnson (1920), Ireland).

Hibernacula: DV (4), LT (1), LV (14), M (1).

Sources: Johnson (1920) [ Pezomachus fasciatus Fub. ], Storey et al. (2025); Unpublished: Arter DK, Coll. Naturalis, iNaturalist, Observation. org; Pers. obs.

Also mentioned in: Schwarz and Shaw (1999), Schwarz (2002).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Ichneumonidae
SubFamily	Phygadeuontinae
Genus	Gelis

Gelis melanocephalus (Schrank, 1781)

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