Lathroplex anthreni sp. n. (Hymenoptera, lchneumonidae), a parasitoid on Anthrenus museorum (Linnaeus) in southern Finland

• Published in: Entomologica Fennica
• Main Author: Vikberg, Veli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: This journal is published jointly by the Entomological Society of Finland, the Lepidopterological Society of Finland, the Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis and the Entomological Club of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Turku. 1999
• Subjects: karelia*; karelian
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/view/84030; https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84030

The female of Lathroplex anthreni sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) is described from southern Finland and the Karelian Republic, Russia. The new species is compared with L. clypearis Thomson, 1887, which is presented as new to Finland. Experimentally the female was found to attack larvae of Anthrenus museorum (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). The genus Lathroplex Förster is regarded as a distinct genus, and not a synonym of Campoplex Gravenhorst, because of the different host order, Coleoptera versus Lepidoptera.