An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species

By

Paukkunen, Juho
Berg, Alexander
Soon, Villu
Ødegaard, Frode
Rosa, Paolo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

548

Pages

1-116

Subjects

Chrysis borealis sp. n , Denmark , Distribution , Estonia , Finland , host species , Latvia , Lithuania , Morphology , Norway , Phenology , Sweden

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.548.6164

 

Abstract

The Chrysididae are a group of cleptoparasitic and parasitoid aculeate wasps with a large number of rare and endangered species. The taxonomy of this group has long been confusing due to the similarity of species and extensive intraspecific variation. We present for the first time a comprehensive dichotomous key for all 74 species found in the Nordic and Baltic countries. In addition to diagnostic characters, information on the distribution and biology of each species is also presented. A new species, Chrysis borealis Paukkunen, Ødegaard & Soon, sp. n. is described on the basis of specimens collected from Fennoscandia. Chrysis gracillima Förster, 1853 is recorded as new to the Nordic and Baltic countries.