Gastracanthus pulcherrimus Westwood, 1833

Distribution in Russia

Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Smolensk, Bryansk, Belgorod and Voronezh province, Krasnodar Terr., Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkarya

Distribution in the world

Europe, Russia (European part), Iran

Biology

Primary parasitoid of coleopterans Sphenoptera sp. (Buprestidae) and Byrrhus fasciatus Forster, 1771 (Byrrhidae)

In the collection of ZISP

48 females, 35 males

Literature

  • Tselikh E.V. 2022. Review of the Genus Gastracanthus Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) with a Key to Palaearctic Species. Entomological Review, 102 (2), 248–256