latest update:2021/11/08

Dipogon iwatai Ishikawa, 1965 Female antennae spindle-shaped, short, and the lower margin of the labrum not indented. Second abdominal sternite with a straight transverse groove. This species belongs to the subgenus Nipponodipogon, which is a cleptoparasite of Dipogon or Auplopus.

Host-parasite relationship
Parasitizing Auplopus carbonarius, Dipogon sperconsus, etc.
Pompilidae
Dipogon

Body length : female 5-8 mm male 5-6 mm
Distribution in Japan : Hokkaido, Honshu




Dorsal view of female Lateral view of female

Frontal view of female
Dorsal view of male Lateral view of male

Frontal view of male

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