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Identified by an expert as a tryphonine ichneumon, Acrotomus sp., but although there are only two possible candidates, Acrotomus lucidulus and Acrotomus succinctus, a confirmed identification cannot be obtained without proper examination.

Species of this subfamily are external parasites of the larvae of sawflies or Lepidoptera.

As a point of interest, the ‘Checklist of British and Irish Ichneumonidae’ recognises 182 species in subfamily Tryphoninae separated into six tribes, with Acrotomus placed within Tryphonini.