Species Details
Pterocormus longulus
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IdentificationMale: 14-17mm from head to posterior tip of abdomen. Less black on thorax than others of this genus. Substantial orange colour present on notum, scutum, tegula, pleurons, scutellum, and propodeum. Abdomen orange with black dorsal patches on abdominal segments 2-6. Head orange. Antennae brown, usually 36 segments. Coxae black and orange, remainder of legs orange (including tarsi). Female: Black on thorax, except for tegula and sctutellum (which are orange). Abdomen mostly red, darker on top. Head black except for brown mouthparts. Coxae, femurs and trochanters black, tibia and tarsi dark red, but hind tibia can have black as well.
Scientific Name
Pterocormus longulus
Identification
Male: 14-17mm from head to posterior tip of abdomen. Less black on thorax than others of this genus. Substantial orange colour present on notum, scutum, tegula, pleurons, scutellum, and propodeum. Abdomen orange…
Male: 14-17mm from head to posterior tip of abdomen. Less black on thorax than others of this genus. Substantial orange colour present on notum, scutum, tegula, pleurons, scutellum, and propodeum. Abdomen orange with black dorsal patches on abdominal segments 2-6. Head orange. Antennae brown, usually 36 segments. Coxae black and orange, remainder of legs orange (including tarsi). Female: Black on thorax, except for tegula and sctutellum (which are orange). Abdomen mostly red, darker on top. Head black except for brown mouthparts. Coxae, femurs and trochanters black, tibia and tarsi dark red, but hind tibia can have black as well.
Life History
Host species unknown, but likely in family Noctuidae or Arctiidae of Lepidoptera.
Conservation
Common near the East slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Range
Colorado north to central Alberta
Citation
Page Citation for Pterocormus longulus
Page Citation
"Species Details - Pterocormus longulus, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-5820. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
References
Author
Krombein, K. V., P. D. Hurd, D. R. Smith, and B. D. Burks
Title
Catalog of the Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico.
Publication Date
1979
Specimen Information
There are 10 specimens of this Species.
UASM73898 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Beaverlodge
Collected ByPeck, O.
Date Collected1931-07-19
UASM73899 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByGray, H. E.
Date Collected1923-08-02
UASM73900 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Slave Lake
Collected ByBryant, O.
Date Collected1924-08-25
UASM73901 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Beaverlodge
Collected ByStrickland, E. H.
Date Collected1931-07-28
UASM73902 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Beaverlodge
Collected ByStrickland, E. H.
Date Collected1931-07-28
UASM73903 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByStrickland, E. H.
Date Collected1925-07-16
UASM73904 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Beaverlodge
Collected ByStrickland, E. H.
Date Collected1931-07-28
UASM73905 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Beaverlodge
Collected ByPeck, O.
Date Collected1931-07-28
UASM73906 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByStrickland, E. H.
Date Collected1925-07-16
UASM73907 - Pterocormus longulus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bilby
Collected ByBryant, O.
Date Collected1924-07-28