AuthorPerkins, J.F.
Year1960
TitleHymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae, subfamilies Ichneumoninae II, Alomyinae, Agriotypinae and Lycorininae
SeriesHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteCovers all UK species known at the time
SourceHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VII. Part 2(aii), 96pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsWell illustrated (373 figs) with line drawings of parts, cross-hatch gaster patterns, and stipple drawings of whole insects, arranged on pages amongst the text.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Second half of Perkin’s keys to selected subfamilies of Ichneumonidae. The pages are numbered consecutively with the first half.

Can be downloaded from the Royal Entomological Society’s website.

Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

P132: couplets 1 and 2: "subalar prominence sharply angled anteriorly" - figs 476, 477 have head to left so angulation is posterior not anterior.

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationPinned and set specimens
Identification difficultyRelatively straightforward although the author admits "the keys are far from satisfactory". As so often in Hymenoptera, the keys make use of specialised terminology which is not explained in the present work.
Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/out-print-handbooks

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentAGRIOTYPINAEcaddis ichneumonsAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae
For identificationCurrentICHNEUMONINAEichneumonine ichneumon waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae
For identificationCurrentAlomyinialomyine ichneumon waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae
For identificationCurrentIchneumoninia tribe of ichneumonine ichneumonsAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae
For identificationCurrentLYCORININAElycorinine ichneumon waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae
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