Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ceraphronoidea

Gavin Broad; Laurence Livermore

doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e1167

Biodiversity Data Journal : Taxonomic paper

Taxonomic paper

Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ceraphronoidea

Gavin R. Broad^†, Laurence Livermore^†

† The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Gavin R. Broad ([email protected])

Academic editor: Jose Fernandez-Triana

Received: 14 Jul 2014 | Accepted: 18 Aug 2014 | Published: 27 Aug 2014

© 2014 Gavin R. Broad, Laurence Livermore.
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Citation: Broad G, Livermore L (2014) Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ceraphronoidea. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1167. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1167

Introduction

This checklist comprises parts of the larger checklist of the Hymenoptera of the British Isles; the terms of reference and methodology are explained in Broad (2014). Country level distribution records, as reported here, are mainly taken from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London (NHM), with additional sources cited. The Ceraphronoidea comprises two extant families, the Ceraphronidae and Megaspilidae, represented by 28 and 64 valid species in the British Isles. Representatives of the British families and subfamilies of Ceraphronoidea are shown in Fig. 1a, c, d. There has been very little recent work on the British and Irish Ceraphronoidea and it is generally a rather neglected group of parasitoids. The genus Dendrocerus is an exception: several species are frequently reared as hyperparasitoids of aphids or from other aphid-associated insects and their taxonomy has been revised (Fergusson 1980). Much remains to be discovered about the biology and taxonomy of ceraphronoids. Whilst at least some megaspilids are known to be ectoparasitoid idiobionts (Haviland 1920), including Dendrocerus, the Ceraphronidae contains ecto- and endoparasitoids; within the same genus (Aphanogmus) some species seem to be endoparasitoids (e.g. Parnell 1963) and others ectoparasitoids (Luhman et al. 1999, Evans et al. 2005), with idiobiosis and koinobiosis both reported in the literature. Whilst hosts of both ceraphronids and megaspilids seem to be centred on Diptera there are many exceptions and the range of hosts of the superfamily spans several orders. Nomenclature here follows Johnson and Musetti (2004) a rather full synonymy is given as there is only a very small body of literature dealing with ceraphronoids in a British context, so most names are unfamiliar to most entomologists.

Figure 1.

Habitus of representative British Ceraphronoidea (scale bar = 1 mm).

a: Ceraphronidae: Aphanogmus abdominalis (Thomson) female, ex galls of Dasineura odoratae Stelter (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Viola odorata, England, Surrey, Ripley, July 2007, coll. K.M. Harris, det. P. Buhl (BMNH(E)#1022373).
b: Megaspilidae: Megaspilinae: Dendrocerus carpenteri (Curtis) male, ex Trioxys betulae Marshall (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Clethrobius comes (Walker) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Alnus glutinosa, Scotland, Invernesshire, Dundreggan, June 2012, coll. E.A. Baker, det. D.G. Notton (BMNH(E)#1022374).
c: Megaspilidae: Lagynodinae: Lagynodes pallidus (Boheman) female, Winkler extraction, England, Isle of Wight, Timber Copse, May 2013, coll. V. Burton, det. D.G. Notton (BMNH(E)#1022375).
d: Megaspilidae: Lagynodinae: Lagynodes pallidus (Boheman) male, England, Devon, Torquay District, August 1929, coll. G. Nixon (BMNH(E)#1022381).

Superfamily Ceraphronoidea

Family Ceraphronidae Haliday, 1833

Genus Aphanogmus Thomson, 1858

Notes:

Information on a few species, including some distribution data, is given by Parr (1960) and Parnell (1963).

Aphanogmus abdominalis (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Calliceras abdominalis Thomson, 1858

pallidiventris (Ashmead, 1893, Ceraphron)

cameroni (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

microneurus (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron) preocc.

violae (Novitzky, 1954, Calliceras)

Distribution:

England

Notes:

See Buhl (2009).

Aphanogmus bicolor Ashmead, 1893

Nomenclature:

aviger (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

reitteri (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

humicola (Novitzky, 1954, Calliceras)

Aphanogmus compressus (Ratzeburg, 1852)

Nomenclature:

Hadroceras compressa Ratzeburg, 1852

nigrofornicatus Pschorn-Walcher, 1956

annulicornis Jansson, 1957

venustus Parr, 1960 synonymy by Dessart (1991)

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Aphanogmus elegantulus Förster, 1861

Distribution:

Ireland

Notes:

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2012).

Aphanogmus fasciipennis Thomson, 1858

Nomenclature:

fusciipennis misspelling

Distribution:

England

Aphanogmus fumipennis Thomson, 1858

Nomenclature:

hyalinipennis Thomson, 1858

laevis Förster, 1861

grenadensis Ashmead, 1896

formicarius Kieffer, 1905

?clavatus Kieffer, 1907

armatus (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron) preocc.

formicarum (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

frenalis (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

oriphilus (Kieffer, 1913, Ceraphron)

fuliginosi (Box, 1921, Ceraphron)

fasciatus (Fouts, 1924, Calliceras)

borealis (Whittaker, 1930, Calliceras)

bemisiae (Ghesquière, 1935, Allomicrops)

roberti (Dessart, 1979, Ceraphron)

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Aphanogmus furcatus Kieffer, 1907

Aphanogmus microneurus Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

obsoletus Whittaker, 1930

cylindricornis Parr, 1960 synonymy by Dessart (1965)

Distribution:

England

Aphanogmus nanus (Nees, 1834)

Nomenclature:

nigriceps (Thomson, 1858, Calliceras)

pallidus (Thomson, 1858, Calliceras)

nigriclavis (Förster, 1861, Ceraphron)

Distribution:

Ireland

Notes:

Recorded, as new to Ireland, as Ceraphron nigriceps (Thomson) by O'Connor (2007).

Aphanogmus myrmecobius Kieffer, 1914

Aphanogmus sagena Johnson & Musetti, 2004

Nomenclature:

reticulatus Parr, 1960 preocc.

Distribution:

England

Aphanogmus steinitzi Priesner, 1936

Distribution:

England

Aphanogmus tenuicornis Thomson, 1858

Nomenclature:

ultimus (Dalla Torre, 1890, Ceraphron)

Distribution:

Ireland

Aphanogmus terminalis Förster, 1861

Distribution:

Ireland

Notes:

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2011).

Aphanogmus vicinus Förster, 1861

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Notes:

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2012).

Genus Ceraphron Jurine, 1807

Nomenclature:

CALLICERAS Nees, 1834

HADROCERAS Förster, 1840

TOMOLIGON Rondani, 1877

MEGASPILIDEA Ashmead, 1888

NEOCERAPHRON Ashmead, 1893

PRISTOMICROPS Kieffer, 1906

CERATOPHRON Schulz, 1906 emendation

ALLOMICROPS Kieffer, 1914

EULAGYNODES Girault, 1917

CERANOGMUS Risbec, 1953

LARSOCERAPHRON Dessart, 1981

OKTOCERAPHRON Dessart & Cancemi, 1987

Ceraphron bispinosus (Nees, 1834)

Nomenclature:

Calliceras bispinosa Nees, 1834

striatus Förster, 1861

crassicornis Harrington, 1899

opacus Kieffer, 1905

bohemani (Kieffer, 1914, Calliceras)

septentrionalis (Kieffer, 1914, Calliceras)

Ceraphron flaviventris Kieffer, 1907

Ceraphron myrmecophilus Kieffer, 1913

Ceraphron myrmicarum Kieffer, 1913

Ceraphron nigraticeps Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England

Ceraphron nigrelliceps Kieffer, 1907

Ceraphron pallipes (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Calliceras pallipes Thomson, 1858

pallidipes misspelling

globuliflagellaris Szabó, 1979

Ceraphron scoticus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England, Scotland

Ceraphron testaceipes Kieffer, 1904

Nomenclature:

bruneus Kieffer, 1904

spinifer Kieffer, 1907

spinifex misspelling

Distribution:

England

Ceraphron trissacantha Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

Ireland

Notes:

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2011).

Genus Synaris Förster, 1878

Nomenclature:

SINARIS misspelling

Synaris britannica Szelényi, 1936

Synaris planifrons Kieffer, 1907

Synaris pulla Förster, 1878

Distribution:

England

Family Megaspilidae Ashmead, 1893

Subfamily Lagynodinae Masner & Dessart, 1967

Genus Lagynodes Förster, 1840

Nomenclature:

LAGNYODES misspelling

MICROPS Haliday, 1833 preocc.

MICROPS Marshall, 1874

PLASTOMICROPS Kieffer, 1906

Lagynodes pallidus (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron pallidus Boheman, 1832

rubi (Haliday, 1833, Microps)

pallidus (Zetterstedt, 1840, Ceraphron) preocc.

spinosa (Förster, 1840, Hadrocerus)

rufus Förster, 1840

rufescens Ruthe, 1859

furcifer (Marshall, 1874, Triogmus)

minutus Ashmead, 1893

nitidiceps Kieffer, 1906

crassicornis Kieffer, 1906

niger Kieffer, 1906

aterior Box, 1921

Distribution:

England, Wales, Ireland

Lagynodes thoracicus Kieffer, 1906

Nomenclature:

janssoni Maumené-Burtel, 1957

Subfamily Megaspilinae Ashmead, 1893

Genus Conostigmus Dahlbom, 1858

Nomenclature:

DICHOGMUS Thomson, 1858

EUMEGASPILUS Ashmead, 1888

EUMEGALOSPILUS Schulz, 1906 invalid emendation

CONOSTIGMOIDES Dodd, 1914

ECNOMOTHORAX Dessart & Masner, 1965

DOLICHOCERAPHRON Hellén, 1966

SZELENYIDES Dessart, 1974

Conostigmus abdominalis (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron abdominalis Boheman, 1832

tenuicornis (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

testacea Kieffer, 1907

divisifrons Kieffer, 1907

foveatifrons Kieffer, 1907

pilosiceps Szabó, 1979

curvilineaticeps Szabó, 1979

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus alutaceus (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Megaspilus alutaceus Thomson, 1858

Conostigmus apteryx Kieffer, 1909

Nomenclature:

apterus Kieffer, 1907 preocc.

Conostigmus atelopterus (Marshall, 1868)

Nomenclature:

Megaspilus atelopterus Marshall, 1868

Conostigmus basalis Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus borealis (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Megaspilus borealis Thomson, 1858

Conostigmus brachypterus (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Megaspilus brachypterus Thomson, 1858

subapterus (Zetterstedt, 1840, Ceraphron) preocc.

Conostigmus britannicus Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

cameroni Kieffer, 1914

Conostigmus carpentieri Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Conostigmus clavicornis Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus crassicornis (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron crassicornis Boheman, 1832

validicornis (Thomson, 1858, Megaspilus)

flavopunctatus Kieffer, 1907

macrocerus Kieffer, 1907

alpicola Kieffer, 1907

subclavatus Kieffer, 1907

apsteini Kieffer, 1914

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Conostigmus cursitans (Nees, 1834)

Nomenclature:

Calliceras cursitans Nees, 1834

leptothorax Kieffer, 1907

micans Kieffer, 1907

subalatus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus curtipennis Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus cylindricus Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

geniculatus Kieffer, 1907

nigriceps (Kieffer, 1907, Dichogmus)

globiceps Hellén, 1966

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Conostigmus fasciatipennis Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus formiceti (Erichson, 1844)

Nomenclature:

wasmanni (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

antennalis (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

testaceipes (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

?lasiophilus (Kieffer, 1905, Megaspilus)

tricolor Kieffer, 1907

myrmecobius Kieffer, 1913

formicarum Kieffer, 1914

nidorum Kieffer, 1914

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus frontalis (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

crassinervis (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

subsulcatus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus fuscipes (Nees, 1834)

Conostigmus halteratus (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron halteratus Boheman, 1832

longicornis (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

brevipennis (Nees, 1834, Calliceras)

punctulatus (Cameron, 1881, Megaspilus)

cursor (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

clavatipennis clavatipennis (Kieffer, 1905, Megaspilus)

rhopalophorus Kieffer, 1907

lineatifrons Kieffer, 1907

punctatifrons Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England, Scotland

Conostigmus humilis Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus inconstans Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

angusticeps Kieffer, 1907

pennatus Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus innotatus Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus lativentris (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Megaspilus lativentris Thomson, 1858

halteriger Kieffer, 1907

scabriventris Kieffer, 1907

holoceps Szabó, 1979

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus levifrons Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

semipunctatus Szabó, 1979

szelenyii Szabó, 1979

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus linearis Hellén, 1966

Distribution:

England

Notes:

Added by Dessart (1996).

Conostigmus lucidus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Conostigmus melanocephalus (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron melanocephalus Boheman, 1832

thoracicus (Nees, 1834, Calliceras)

allotropus Kieffer, 1907

micromma Kieffer, 1907

signatifrons Kieffer, 1917

Conostigmus mullensis (Cameron, 1881)

Nomenclature:

Megaspilus mullensis Cameron, 1881

Distribution:

Scotland

Conostigmus niger Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus nigriventris Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus obscurus (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Megaspilus obscurus Thomson, 1858

arcticus (Thomson, 1858, Megaspilus)

syrphorum Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus planifrons Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus pubescens (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron pubescens Thomson, 1858

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Conostigmus rufescens Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

anglicus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus ruficollis Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

globuliceps Szabó, 1979

Conostigmus rufipes (Nees, 1834)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron rufipes Nees, 1834

cruciger Szabó, 1979

misinus Szabó, 1979

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus rutilus Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus speculiger Dessart, 1974

Conostigmus subclavicornis Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus subfilicornis Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus sulcaticeps Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus triangularis (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron triangularis Thomson, 1858

armatus (Kieffer, 1907, Trichosteresis)

marshalli Kieffer, 1907

forticornis Kieffer, 1907

ater Fouts, 1926

zagloui Kamal, 1926

moczari Szabó, 1979

Distribution:

England

Conostigmus tristriatus Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus versicolor Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England, Wales, Ireland

Genus Creator Alekseev, 1980

Creator spissicornis (Hellén, 1966)

Nomenclature:

Lygocerus spissicornis Hellén, 1966

Distribution:

England

Notes:

Added by Fergusson (1980). Treated as a species of Dendrocerus by Fergusson (1980).

Genus Dendrocerus Ratzeburg, 1852

Nomenclature:

LYGOCERUS Förster, 1856

MACROSTIGMA Rondani, 1877

ATRITOMUS Förster, 1878 preocc.

PRODENDROCERUS Kieffer, 1907

ATRITOMELLUS Kieffer, 1914

NEOLYGOCERUS Ishii, 1951

BASOKO Risbec, 1958

Notes:

Syonymic and distributional data taken from Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus aphidum (Rondani, 1877)

Nomenclature:

Macrostigma aphidum Rondani, 1877

rufipes (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron) preocc.

aphidum (Rondani, 1877, Macrostigma)

koebelei (Ashmead, 1904, Lygocerus)

subquadratus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

fusciventris (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

frenalis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

breadalbimensis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

bicolor (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

fuscipennis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

?neglectus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

attentus Muesebeck, 1959

lundensis Dessart, 1966

Distribution:

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Dendrocerus bifoveatus (Kieffer, 1907)

Nomenclature:

Lygocerus bifoveatus Kieffer, 1907

sordidipes (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

Distribution:

England, Scotland

Dendrocerus carpenteri (Curtis, 1829)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron carpenteri Curtis, 1829

crispus (Curtis, 1829, Ceraphron) nom. nud.

elegans (Curtis, 1829, Ceraphron) nom. nud.

fuscipes (Ratzeburg, 1852, Ceraphron) preocc.

hyalinatus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

niger (Howard, 1890, Megaspilus)

proximus (Kieffer, 1907, Trichosteresis)

punctatipennis (Kieffer, 1907, Trichosteresis)

rufiventris (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus) preocc.

campestris (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

aphidivorus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

testaceimanus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

aphidum (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus) preocc.

giraudi (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

cameroni (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

thomsoni (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

inquilinus (Kieffer, 1917, Lygocerus)

ambianus (Dessart, 1965, Lygocerus)

britannicus Dessart, 1966

tischbeini Dessart, 1966

Distribution:

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Dendrocerus flavipes Kieffer, 1907

Nomenclature:

fuscipes Kieffer, 1907

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Notes:

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus ?floridanus (Ashmead, 1881)

Nomenclature:

Chirocerus floridanus Ashmead, 1881

semiramosus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

longispinus (Yasumatsu & Moritsu, 1947, Lygocerus)

Notes:

Provisionally included on the British and Irish list on the basis of Dessart (1978), who synonymised semiramosus (described from a British specimen) under floridanus. Although Fergusson (1980) listed semiramosus as a junior synonym of serricornis, it was retained as a junior synonym of floridanus by Johnson and Musetti (2004), albeit with the comment that this ‘difference in taxonomic judgement has not yet been resolved’.

Dendrocerus halidayi (Curtis, 1829)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron halidayi Curtis, 1829

lichtensteinii Ratzeburg, 1852

callicerus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

hungaricus (Szabó, 1979, Atritomellus)

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Dendrocerus laevis (Ratzeburg, 1852)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron laevis Ratzeburg, 1852

frontalis (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

coccophagus (Förster, 1878, Atritomus)

smirnoffi (Ghesquière, 1960, Atritomellus)

Distribution:

England, Ireland

Notes:

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus laticeps (Hedicke, 1929)

Nomenclature:

Atritomellus laticeps Hedicke, 1929

incompletus (Muesebeck, 1959, Lygocerus)

Distribution:

England, Wales

Notes:

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus liebscheri Dessart, 1972

Nomenclature:

tenuicornis (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron) preocc.

Distribution:

England, Wales

Notes:

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus punctipes (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron punctipes Boheman, 1832

parvulus (Wollaston, 1858, Ceraphron)

vassae (Szabó, 1979, Conostigmus)

Distribution:

England

Notes:

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus pupparum (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron pupparum Boheman, 1832

puparum misspelling

ancyloneurus (Ratzeburg, 1844, Ceraphron)

syrphidarum (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

Distribution:

England

Dendrocerus ramicornis (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron ramicornis Boheman, 1832

glabriculus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

japonicus (Ashmead, 1904, Lygocerus)

ratzeburgi (Ashmead, 1904, Lygocerus)

Distribution:

England, Scotland

Dendrocerus rectangularis (Kieffer, 1907)

Nomenclature:

Lygocerus rectangularis Kieffer, 1907

longicornis (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron) preocc.

pallipes (Kirchner, 1867, Lygocerus) nom. nud.

claripennis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

flavipes (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus) preocc.

lentus (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus)

alpestris (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus)

dubiosus (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus) synonymy by Dessart (1981)

navaensis Dessart, 1966

flavus (Hellén, 1966, Lygocerus)

Distribution:

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Dendrocerus serricornis (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron serricornis Boheman, 1832

serraticornis misspelling

testaceimanus misident.

piceus (Ratzeburg, 1852, Ceraphron)

lapponicus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

subramosus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

pinicola (Muesebeck, 1959, Lygocerus)

zetterstedti (Ghesquière, 1960, Atritomellus)

Distribution:

England, Scotland, Ireland

Genus Megaspilus Westwood, 1829

Nomenclature:

HABROPELTE Thomson, 1858

MEGASPILODES Ashmead, 1888

MEGALOSPILUS Schulz, 1906 emendation

Megaspilus dux (Curtis, 1829)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron dux Curtis, 1829

scutellaris (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

tibialis (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

herculeus (Förster, 1840, Ceraphron)

stygicus (Provancher, 1887, Telenomus)

pleuralis Kieffer, 1907

integrifrons Kieffer, 1907

rufimanus Kieffer, 1907

merceti Kieffer, 1907

fuscicrus (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus)

Distribution:

England

Megaspilus striolatus (Thomson, 1858)

Nomenclature:

Habropelte striolata Thomson, 1858

hispanicus Kieffer, 1907

flavimanus Kieffer, 1907

sculpturatus Kieffer, 1907

Genus Trichosteresis Förster, 1856

Nomenclature:

THLIBONEURA Thomson, 1858

Trichosteresis glabra (Boheman, 1832)

Nomenclature:

Ceraphron glaber Boheman, 1832

syrphii (Bouché, 1834, Ceraphron)

clandestinus (Nees, 1834, Ceraphron)

albipennis (Zetterstedt, 1840, Ceraphron)

tortricum (Ratzeburg, 1844, Ceraphron)

nitida (Thomson, 1858, Thliboneura)

radialis (Thomson, 1858, Thliboneura)

floridanus Ashmead, 1887

foersteri Kieffer, 1907

flavitarsis Kieffer, 1907

longigena Kieffer, 1907

vitripennis Whittaker, 1930

ninomiyai Yasumatsu, 1963

Distribution:

England

Trichosteresis nudipennis Kieffer, 1907

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