Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Nature Reserve of Pantalica (Sicily, Italy)

By

Di Giovanni, Filippo
Badano, Davide
Dal Pos, Davide
Cucini, Claudio
Funari, Rebecca
Diller, Erich
Varga, Oleksandr
Cantone, Stefano
Di Giulio, Andrea

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-12-18

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--55

Subjects

Biodiversity , Checklist , Ichneumoninae , Ichneumoninae , parasitoids , Phaeogenini , Sicily

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e175760

 

Abstract

The hymenopteran family Ichneumonidae (also known as Darwin wasps) represents one of the largest families of parasitoid insects. However, faunistic research is needed to fill the gaps in the knowledge of the biodiversity of this group in the Mediterranean area and Italy.<br> A faunistic survey on Darwin's wasps of the Nature Reserve of Pantalica (Siracusa, Sicily, Italy) is presented. A total of 81 species of ichneumonids belonging to 19 subfamilies were identified. Of these, 42 species are new records for Sicily and nine species are new records for Italy. The subfamilies Adelognathinae and Oxytorinae are reported for the first time in Sicily.<br> <br> Misetus obscurus<br> Berthoumieu, 1897<br> stat. rev.<br> (Ichneumoninae, Phaeogenini), originally described as a colour form of<br> M. oculatus<br> Wesmael, 1845, is raised to species level, based on both morphological and molecular data.<br>