Cryptus spinosus Gravenhorst, 1829

Hamad, Srwa Kareem, 2025, Ichneumonidae species (Hymenoptera) new to Iraq recorded from Kurdistan, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 161156-e 161156 : e161156-

Cryptus spinosus Gravenhorst, 1829

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?occurrenceId=26734430-224d-4959-901f-f7cf7c646f38; catalogNumber: NHMUK 010888446 ; recordedBy: [Dr Srwa Karim Bandyan]; individualCount: 1; sex: Female; lifeStage: Adult; occurrenceStatus: PRESENT; otherCatalogNumbers: NHMUK: ecatalogue: 11380771; occurrenceID: 63906DD6-8A5A-5F18-9B48-C61150708099; Taxon: scientificName: Cryptus spinosus Gravenhorst, 1829 ; higherClassification: Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera ; Ichneumonoidea; Ichneumonidae ; Cryptinae; taxonRank: SPECIES; taxonomicStatus: ACCEPTED; Location: higherGeography: Asia; Iraq; Arbil; locality: Kurdistan, Qala Snigi Khwaru ; decimalLatitude: 30.335; decimalLongitude: 44.327; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Dr Gavin R. Broad; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2023-05-28; Record Level: institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: BMNH (E); basisOfRecord: PRESERVED _ SPECIMEN

Distribution

Very widespread in the Western Palaearctic; also recorded from Central Asia and North Africa ( Yu et al. 2016).

Diagnosis

Fig. 6

Figures

Figure 6. Cryptus spinosus, ♀ Adult. Lateral view (above) and dorsal view (below).