Yellow-legged wasp - Yellow-legged wasp

Japanese: キアシブトコバチ - きあしぶとこばち
Yellow-legged wasp - Yellow-legged wasp

...They sometimes parasitize parasitic wasps and flies that infest lepidoptera or flies. Brachymeria obscurata (illustration), which has yellow tips of the hind femora and upper parts of the hind tibia, parasitizes the pupae of many lepidoptera and is the most common species, widely distributed throughout Japan, Asia, Fiji, Hawaii, etc. B. fonscolombei , which has red hind femora, parasitizes the pupae of flies such as flesh flies and blow flies.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Japanese yellow-legged wasp" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ときには鱗翅目やハエ類に寄生している寄生バチや寄生バエに寄生することもある。後腿節の先端と後脛節(こうけいせつ)の上部が黄色いキアシブトコバチBrachymeria obscurata(イラスト)は多くの鱗翅目のさなぎに寄生し,日本全国,アジア大陸からフィジー,ハワイなどに広く分布するもっともふつうの種である。後腿節の赤いアカアシブトコバチB.fonscolombeiはニクバエ,クロバエなどハエ類のさなぎに寄生する。…

※「キアシブトコバチ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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