Pteromalus bifoveolatus Foerster, 1861

Distribution in Russia

Voronezh and Sakhalinskaya provinces.

Distribution in the world

Europe, Russia, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan.

Biology

Primary parasitoid of lepidopterans of the families Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Notodontidae and Lymantriidae.

In the collection of ZISP

3 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
  • 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.