Pteromalus elevatus (Walker, 1834)

Distribution in Russia

Leningrad, Smolensk, Lipetsk and Voronezh provinces, Kamchatka and Primorskii territories, Sakhalinskaya Prov.

Distribution in the world

Europe, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, North America.

Biology

Primary parasitoid of dipterans of the family Tephritidae, hymenopterans of the families Cynipidae and Eurytomidae, and lepidopterans of the family Pieridae; secondary parasitoid of hymenopterans of the family Eulophidae.

In the collection of ZISP

55 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.