Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouche, 1834)

Tselikh, E. V., Lee, J. & Ku, D-S., 2022, New records of the chalcid wasps of the family Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from South Korea, Far Eastern Entomologist 462, pp. 8-19 : 14

Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouche, 1834)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. South Korea: GW, Mandae-ri, Haean-myeon, Yanggu-Gun,

Gangwon-do, MT, 5.VII–11.VIII 2021, 2 ♀, coll. Y.H. Park, M.H. Kim, D.H. Park , J.Y.

Kim, ( KNA); GG, Soheul-eup, Pocheon-si , Gyeonggi-do, 37°45ʹ16.46ʺ N, 127°57ʹ41ʺ E ,

15.X 2009, 1 ♀, coll. S.Y. Park, ( KNA) .

DISTRIBUTION. Europe, Russia, North Africa, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Jordan,

Israel, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, South Korea,

Japan, North America, India, Afrotropics, South America, Australasia.

BIOLOGY. Primary parasitoid of coleopterans of the family Coccinellidae , dipterans of the families Agromyzidae , Cecidomyiidae , Syrphidae , hemipterans of the families Aphididae ,

Coccidae , Kermesidae , Pseudococcidae , Psyllidae , hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae and lepidopterans of the families Gelechiidae and Tortricidae ; secondary parasitoid of hymenopterans of the families Aphelinidae , Braconidae , Charipidae , Encyrtidae , Figitidae ,

and Scelionidae .