Review of adult diapause in ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

By

Verheyde, Fons
Quicke, Donald L. J.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

91

Pages

185--208

Subjects

Darwin wasps , Diapause , Ecology , Hibernation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.91.83618

 

Abstract

The mechanisms and ecological circumstances of adult diapause in Ichneumonidae are poorly studied. An overview is presented of what observations and research have been carried out on ichneumonid diapause to date, and new ecological and distributional data are presented. The new data primarily concerns species that hibernate in association with trees, based on observations made in Belgium and the Netherlands. A preliminary checklist of the 50 species that are now known to hibernate is provided for both these countries.Auberteterus alternecoloratus(Cushman, 1929),Dicaelotus montanus(de Stefani, 1885),Dicaelotus pictus(Schmiedeknecht, 1903) andOrthocentrus sannioHolmgren, 1858 are reported as adult hibernators for the first time. Four species are newly recorded for the Belgian or Dutch faunas.