An annotated catalogue of Iranian Aulacidae, Evaniidae and Gasteruptiidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea)
Author
Ghahari, Hassan
Author
Madl, Michael
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-25
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journal article
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Family
Gasteruptiidae Ashmead, 1900
The family
Gasteruptiidae
comprises two subfamilies, Gasteruptiinae (four genera) and Hyptiogastrinae (two genera – see
Jennings and Austin 2002
), of which only the former occurs in the Palaearctic region (
Crosskey 1962
). The genera of Gasteruptiinae have been reviewed and keyed by
Macedo (2009)
. Of the four recognized genera only
Gasteruption
Latreille, 1777
is known from the Palaearctic region. No modern treatment of the Palaearctic species exists, but van
Achterberg and Talebi (2014)
have reviewed and keyed the species of Iran and Turkey. In
Gasteruptiidae
the hind tibiae are swollen and the fore wings can be folded longitudinally. They are parasitoids of solitary bees (
Apidae
,
Colletidae
,
Megachilidae
) and wasps (
Masaridae
,
Vespidae (Eumeninae)
. For biology we referred to
Malyshev (1964)
,
1965
) and
Jennings and Austin (2004)
.