Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Proctotrupoidea.

Gavin R Broad

doi:10.3897/bdj.4.e7936

Abstract

BackgroundA revised checklist of the British and Irish Heloridae and Proctotrupidae (Proctotrupoidea) substantially updates the previous comprehensive checklist, dating from 1978. Country level data (i.e. occurrence in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man) is reported where known.New informationA total of three Heloridae and 39 Proctotrupidae (including only certainly recorded species) represents a 27% increase in the British list since 1978. Most species are still poorly known and there has been a dearth of taxonomic and faunistic work on the British and Irish fauna.

Highlights

This paper is part of a series of new checklists to the British and Irish Hymenoptera fauna, that started with Broad and Livermore (2014b), Broad and Livermore (2014a) and Liston et al (2014)and is the first update to the Hymenoptera checklist since 1978 (Fitton et al 1978)
Proctotrupidae are parasitoids of Coleoptera and, to a lesser extent, Diptera larvae, with one extraordinary host record from a centipede, whereas Heloridae have been reared from Neuroptera larvae
Distribution data pertaining to Ireland are mostly from O'Connor et al (2004)

Summary

Introduction

This paper is part of a series of new checklists to the British and Irish Hymenoptera fauna, that started with Broad and Livermore (2014b), Broad and Livermore (2014a) and Liston et al (2014)and is the first update to the Hymenoptera checklist since 1978 (Fitton et al 1978). Proctotrupidae Latreille, 1802 Notes: Distribution data from Townes and Townes (1981) and O'Connor et al (2004). Codrus picicornis (Förster, 1856) Nomenclature: Disogmus picicornis Förster, 1856 subcompressus (Hedicke, 1927, Phaenoserphus) vexator (Nixon, 1938, Phaenoserphus) subclavatus (Hellén, 1941, Phaenoserphus) Distribution: England, Ireland Notes: Listed as Phaenoserphus subcompressus in Fergusson (1978).

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