Cheiropachus quadrum (Fabricius, 1787)

Distribution in Russia

Karelia, Kostroma, Moscow, Orel, Voronezh, Belgorod, Rostov and Samara provinces, Krasnodar Terr., Karachai-Cherkess, Perm, Khabarovsk and Primorskii territories.

Distribution in the world

Great Britain, France, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Czechia, former Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizia, China, North Africa, Egypt, Israel, Pakistan, India, Canada, USA, Argentina.

Biology

A larval ectoparasitoid of the bark beetles Tomicus minor (Hart.), T. piniperda (L.), Carphoborus perrisi (Chap.), Dryocoetes aufographus (Ratz.), Hylesinus fraxini (Panz.), H. toranio (Danth.), H. orni (Fuchs.), Ips sexdentatus (Boern.) I. typographus (L.), Pityogenes chalcographus (L.), Pteleobius vittatus (F.), Scolytus amygdali (Ger.), S. carpini (Ratz.), S. ensifer Eichh., S. intricatus (Quer.), S. japonicus Chap., S. kirschi Skal., S. leavis (Chap.), S. mali (Bech.), S. multistriatus (Marsh.), S. pygmaeus (F.), S. rugulosus (Müll.), S. schevyrevi Sem., and S. scolytus (F.).

In the collection of ZISP

213 females, 99 males

Literature

• Tselikh E.V. 2010. Chalcids of the Subfamily Pteromalinae (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) as Parasitoids of the Bark Beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in the Fauna of Russia and Adjacent Territories PDF
• Tselikh E.V. 2019. 38. Family Pteromalidae / Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume II. Apocrita: Parasitica, Eds. by Belokobylskij S.A., Samartsev K.G., Il'inskaya A.S. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences. Supplement 8. Zoological Institute RAS, St Petersburg, 83–111. PDF