Spaniopus dissimilis Walker, 1833

Distribution in Russia

Primorskiy Terr.

Distribution in the world

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Netherland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, United States of America

Biology

Primary parasitoid of Mayetiola destructor (Say, 1817) (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae); Phanacis caulicola (Hedicke, 1939) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae); lepidopteran pupa of Coleophora sp. (Coleophoridae) and Elachista poae Stainton, 1855 (Elachistidae). Secondary parasitoid of hymenopteran Apanteles sp. (Braconidae), Platygaster vernalis (Myers, 1917) and P. zosine Walker, 1835 (Platygastridae).

In the collection of ZISP

2 female

Literature

  • Walker F. 1833. Monographia Chalciditum. (Continued.). Entomological Magazine, 1 (5), 455–466. PDF
  • Foerster A. 1856. Hymenopterologische Studien. 2. Chalcidiae und Proctotrupii. Aachen, 152 pp. PDF
  • Gahan A.B. 1922. Descriptions of miscellaneous new reared parasitic Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 61, 1–24. PDF
  • Peck O. 1951. Superfamily Chalcidoidea. In: Muesebeck, C.F.W., Krombein, K.V. & Townes, H.K. (Eds). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - Synoptic catalog. Agriculture Monographs. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2, 410–594. PDF
  • Graham M.W.R. de V. 1969. The Pteromalidae of north-western Europe (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), Supplement 16, 1–908. PDF
  • Bouček Z. 1972. On European Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera): a revision of Cleonymus, Eunotus and Spaniopus, with descriptions of new genera and species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 27 (5), 265–315. PDF
  • Tselikh E.V. 2015. Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1): 41–65.