Parasitic wasp spotted at Kent nature reserve is confirmed to be new genus and species to Britain

A species of wasp that has never been recorded in the country has been discovered at a British nature reserve.

The parasitic wasp, Lymantrichneumon disparis, now known to be a genus and a new species to Britain, was found by a butterfly collector at the RSPB’s Broadwater Warren near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

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Source: Guardian Environment