Pseudocatolaccus nitescens (Walker, 1834)

Distribution in Russia

Bryansk, Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov provinces, Stavropol and Krasnodar territories.

Distribution in the world

Europe, Russia, North Africa, Turkey, Kazakhstan.

Biology

Primary parasitoid of coleopterans of the families Bruchidae and Curculionidae, and dipterans of the family Cecidomyiidae.

In the collection of ZISP

78 females, 13 males.

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
  • Tselikh E.V. 2021. New data on the Pteromalid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) of the European part of Russia. Entomological Review, 101 (1), 121–135.