Occurrence and biology of Pseudogonalos hahnii (Spinola, 1840) (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) in Fennoscandia and the Baltic states

Pseudogonalos hahnii is the only known species of Trigonalidae in Europe. It is a hyperparasitoid of lepidopteran larvae via ichneumonid primary parasitoids. Possibly, it has also been reared from a symphytan larva. We report the species for the first time from Estonia, Lithuania and Russian Fennosc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Väänänen, Simo, Paukkunen, Juho, Soon, Villu, Budrys, Eduardas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Trigonalyidae hymenoptera
Wasps Hymenoptera
Evolution
Revision
History
Host
Fennoscandia
Online Access:http://gtc.oai.elaba.lt/documents/54953160.pdf
http://gtc.lvb.lt/GTC:ELABAPDB54953160&prefLang=en_US
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Summary:Pseudogonalos hahnii is the only known species of Trigonalidae in Europe. It is a hyperparasitoid of lepidopteran larvae via ichneumonid primary parasitoids. Possibly, it has also been reared from a symphytan larva. We report the species for the first time from Estonia, Lithuania and Russian Fennoscandia, and list all known observations from Finland and Latvia. An overview of the biology of the species is presented with a list of all known host records.

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