Paracarotomus cephalotes Ashmead, 1894

Distribution in Russia

Altay Terr., Irkutsk and Amur provinces, Primorskii Terr., Sakhalinskaya Prov.

Distribution in the world

Europe, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, N America, India, Afrotropics, Australasia.

Biology

Primary parasitoid of dipterans from the family Syrphidae.

In the collection of ZISP

9 females, 1 male.

Literature

  • 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