The first record of Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in Finland

By

Österman, Emil
Koistinen, Max
Kaunisto, Kari M.
Österman, Iida
Teräs, Anssi
Räikkönen, Juulia
Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-24

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--7

Subjects

Biodiversity , Brachycyrtus ornatus , Distribution , morphological variation , Skanssi Biodiversity Park , Turku , urban biodiversity

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e161537

 

Abstract

Brachycyrtinae is a small, but distinctive subfamily of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with one widespead species in Europe: Brachycyrtus ornatus Kriechbaumer, 1880. We recently collected the species during the faunistic survey of the Urban Biodiversity Parks project in Skanssi, Turku, south-western Finland.<br> We report the Darwin wasp Brachycyrtus ornatus as the first record of the subfamily for Finland. We collected a single female specimen with a Malaise trap in Skanssi Biodiversity Park during a period from August to September 2024. This is the northernmost record of B. ornatus and the subfamily Brachycyrtinae as a whole. Notes on the species' distribution and morphological variation are included.