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posit incubated eggs directly on the host integument, but some, e.g. Aplomya 
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 and several species previously in Phebellia (but recently 
transferred to the re-established genus Prooppia Townsend, 1926 by Woop 1987), 
deposit unembryonated eggs on the host. Host-records are only available for a mi- 
nority of the species of Phebellia but indicate that members of this genus parasitize 
larvae of Cimbicidae (Hymenoptera), Noctuidae and Notodontidae (Lepidoptera) 
(HERTING 1960, TsCHORSNIG & HERTING 1994, O’HARA & Woop 2004). 
At least the Palaearctic Phebellia are recognized by the following diagnosis. Head: 
Fronto-orbital plate in male without proclinate outer orbital setae; 2 reclinate inner 
orbital setae, posteriormost seta smaller; ocellar setae strong and proclinate; parafa- 
cial narrowing below, at its narrowest point narrower than flagellomere 1; eyes 
densely haired. Thorax: Prosternum haired; proepisternum bare; postpronotum 
with 3 basal setae arranged in an obtuse triangle, and with 2 smaller anterior setae; 
katepisternum with 3 setae; katepimeron bare, or with at most three or four hairs on 
anterior half; first postsutural supra-alar seta longer and stouter than the notopleur- 
al setae; lateral scutellar setae 0.9-1.1 times as long as basal setae; vein R445 with 1-2 
small setae basally. Abdomen: Mid-dorsal depression on syntergite 1+2 extending 
back to hind margin; tergite 2 with 1-2 pairs of median marginal setae. 
Acknowledgements 
This paper was prepared within the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative, by contract with Art- 
Databanken (The Swedish Species Information Centre) — SLU (Swedish University of Agri- 
culture Sciences), Uppsala. The author is grateful to Dr. HANs-PETER TscHoßsnIG (Stuttgart) 
for the loan of a specimen of Phebellia laxifrons and for the critical revision of the manuscript, 
Dr. JOACHIM ZIEGLER (Berlin) for the critical revision of the manuscript, Dr. JAmEs O? Hara 
(Ottawa) for the critical revision of the manuscript and improvement of the English, and Mr. 
Kart JitG (Kungsängen) for valuable help preparing the figures. Thanks are extended to Dr. 
Past SIHVONEN and Dr. PEKKA VILKAMAA from the Zoological Museum, University of 
Helsinki, for their help during my visit to Helsinki in spring 2004. 
2 Materials and methods 
The Phebellia specimens studied for this paper are deposited in the following institutions 
and private collections: Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki; Swedish Museum of 
Natural History [= Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet], Department of Entomology, Stockholm; 
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart; private collection of CHRISTER BERGSTROM, 
Uppsala; private collection of ROGER ENGELMARK, Umea. 
The dissection of the male and female terminalia was performed following the method de- 
scribed by ANDERSEN (1996). The dissected terminalia are preserved in glycerol in a small 
plastic tube pinned together with the specimen. 
Terminology of external morphology and terminalia follows MCALPINE (1981). Measure- 
ments and ratios of head follow TscHoRsNic & HERTING (1994), 
3 Description of Phebellia margaretae n.sp. 
Material 
Holotype: d, Finland, Prov. Ostrobottnia borealis, S part, Hailuoto, Kirkkolahti 
16. VII.1947, “collected on a shore with cowbane Cicuta virosa”, leg. R. Frey [851]. 
Paratypes: 16, Finland, Prov. Tavastia borealis, Saarijärvi, leg. WOLDSTEDT. — 1 2, same 
data as holotype, leg. R. Frey [844]. — 1 2, Savonia borealis, Idensalmi, leg. LUNDsTROM. - 
2 2¢, Savonia borealis, Tuovilanlaks (= Maanika), leg. PALMEN. 
Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Zoological Museum, Division of Entomolo- 
gy, Helsinki. 
