On the rare species of cyclostome braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Middle and Lower Volga territories of Russia

Abstract

On the Middle and Lower Volga territories 43 species of 18 genera from subfamilies Rhyssalinae, Doryctinae, Exothecinae, Braconinae, Gnamptodontinae and Rogadinae are recorded for the first time. Sixteen of them are recorded for the Russian fauna for the first time and 3 species are new for the fauna of the European part of Russia. Aleiodes sapporensis (Watanabe, 1937), Heterospilus fischeri Belokobylskij, 1983 and Spathius generosus Wilkinson, 1931 are recorded in the Western Palaearctic for the first time. Descriptions, diagnoses and illustrations of five rare species are given: Clinocentrus hungaricus Szépligeti, 1906 (first discovery of female), Bracon conjugellae Bengtsson, 1924, B. kozak Telenga, 1936, Bracon ovoides Telenga, 1936 (re-established as valid taxon) and B. pulcher Bengtsson, 1924

Keywords

• Hymenoptera
• Braconidae
• cyclostome braconid wasps
• European part of Russia
• fauna
• new status