The insect, as identified by Mohali-based prof Gurpartap Singh, is attributable to the Ichneumonidae family of parasitoid wasps, whose global diversity could encompass a lakh of species.

Within Hymenoptera the Hymenoptera team I am principal curator of Ichneumonoidea and various groups which used to be classified as Vespoidea, with the Ichneumonidae my main area of interest. My ...