Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae)

  • David G. Notton Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
  • Ovidiu A. Popovici University “Al. I. Cuza” Iasi, Faculty of Biology, B-dul Carol I, no. 11, RO - 700506, Romania
  • Cornelis Van Achterberg Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Terrestrial Zoology, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Jeroen De Rond Beukenhof 96, NL-8212 EB, Lelystad, The Netherlands
  • John T. Burn 15 Plawsworth Road, Sacriston, County Durham, DH7 6PD, UK
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.99
Keywords: conservation, identification keys, invasive species, lectotype designation, synonymy

Abstract

One genus and five species are recorded as new to Britain: Fidiobia, Fidiobia hispanica, Macroteleia bicolora (Platygastridae); Sycophila binotata (Eurytomidae); Schizoprymnus collaris (Braconidae); and Laelius pedatus (Bethylidae). Keys to British Macroteleia and Laelius are provided. Provisional synonymy is proposed between Macroteleia minor and M. brevigaster, and synonymy is proposed between Laelius femoralis, L. microneurus and L. nigricrus. The possible mode of introduction of Sycophila binotata is discussed. A lectotype is designated for Schizoprymnus collaris.

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2014-10-15
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Notton, D. G., Popovici, O. A., Van Achterberg, C., De Rond, J., & Burn, J. T. (2014). Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (99). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.99
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No. 99 (2014): Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae)
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