A new Palaearctic species of the genus Ctenochira Furster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae), parasitoid of gall-forming sawflies (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Nematinae) on poplar and willows

D.R. Kasparyan

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2013, 317(3): 262–267 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2013.317.3.262

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Abstract

A new species of ichneumon-fly, Ctenochira phyllocolpae sp. nov. is described from Russia (Karelia, Transbaikalia and Yakutia). The new species was reared from three species of gall-forming sawflies of the genus Phyllocolpa. Ctenochira phyllocolpae sp. nov. and a closely related Palaearctic species C. romani (Pfankuch) and the Nearctic C. deplanata Townes et Townes are distinguished and characterized in a key. Illustrations and photos of all these species are given.

Key words

Ctenochira, gall-forming sawfly, Ichneumonidae, Karelia, Nearctic Region, new species, parasitoid, Russia, taxonomy, Transbaikalia Territory, Tryphoninae, Yakutia

Submitted June 30, 2013 · Accepted August 29, 2013 · Published September 23, 2013

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