New records of German Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) from the collection of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart

Abstract

Scelionid wasps are arthropod egg parasitoids, many of which are relevant to global biosecurity. However, the scelionid fauna of Germany has not received much attention from professional taxonomists. Eleven species and four genera are recorded for the first time from Germany, including species of interest to agriculture and biological control. First genus records include Baryconus Förster, Macroteleia Westwood, Paratelenomus Dodd and Probaryconus Kieffer. First species records include B. europaeus (Kieffer), Idris nigroclavatus (Kieffer), Idris semiflavus (Kieffer), M. bicolora Kieffer, M. pannonica Szabo, Paratelenomus saccharalis (Dodd), Trimorus varicornis (Walker), Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston), Trissolcus belenus (Walker), Trissolcus colemani (Crawford) and Trissolcus flavipes (Thompson). COI barcodes are identified for the first time from B. europaeus and M. bicolora. Each species is illustrated and updated world distributions are provided. Implications for agriculture are discussed.

First record in Belgium of Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), an egg parasitoid of economically important stink bugs (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae)

“…Although T. basalis is considered to be globally distributed (Jones 1988;Colazza 1995;talamas 2017), its distribution within Europe has been rather sparsely documented, with records from Cyprus, Montenegro, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Hungary, France and Germany (awan et al 1990;Colazza 1995;tortoriCi et al 2019;awaD et al 2021). These European specimens were collected in more southern countries or regions.…”

Wasps going north? Triteleia peyerimhoffi (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) in Germany

“…The “GBOL III: Dark Taxa” project (2020–2024) has targeted understudied, hyperdiverse groups of parasitoid Hymenoptera and Diptera, including the hymenopteran superfamily Platygastroidea ( Hausmann et al 2020). Within GBOL III, we are attempting to close the gap on the non-barcoded platygastroid taxa and address the shortcomings of German checklists and distribution records ( Awad et al 2021), which are very often outdated and severely incomplete ( Dathe et al 2001). This paper contributes one of the findings of the GBOL III project on Platygastroidea and illustrates the value of these data.…”