The Swedish species of Cidaphus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae), a new genus and three new species for Sweden
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Date published
2017
Abstract
The ichneumonid genus Cidaphus Fà¶rster, 1869, and its three known European species Cidapus areolatus (Boie, 1850), C. alarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) and C. atricillus (Haliday, 1839) are reported as new to Sweden based primarily on specimens collected in light traps during projects monitoring nocturnal moths. The available material indicates that C. areolatus is a rather abundant and widespread species throughout most of the southern and central parts of Sweden. The trapping data indicates that it flies in one prolonged generation from July until October. Cidaphus atricillus and C. alarius are both rather rare and their distribution is much less clear, but both species appear to fly earlier in the season than C. areolatus.
Journal title
Entomologisk Tidskrift
Volume
138
Issue
3-Apr
Publisher
Sveriges Entomologiska Fà¶rening
ISSN
0013-886x
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