Synelix Förster, 1863

Godfray, Charles J. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2024, Annotated Checklist of the European Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae), Zootaxa 5513 (1), pp. 1-73 : 59

Synelix Förster, 1863

Type species: agnata Förster ( = semirugosa Haliday )

ECTILIS Nixon, 1943 (type species: semirugosa Haliday )

EUSYNELIX Tobias, 1986 (type species: ghilarovi Tobias )

Literature: Griffiths I-856; Maetô (1983); Wharton (1994).

Notes: Four European species in genus ( Fauna Europaea 2023), with the range of S. semirugosa extending to North America ( Wharton 1994; BOLD database).

brevicornis Burghele, 1960

Literature: Burghele (1960).

ghilarovi Tobias, 1986

Literature: Tobias (1986).

Notes: Described briefly in key, and placed in a new subgenus, Eusynelix Tobias.

rossica (Telenga, 1934; Epimicta )

Literature: Tobias (1986).

semirugosa (Haliday, 1839; Alysia )

Synonymy: agnata Förster, 1863 ; amaurosomae ( Telenga, 1935, Dacnusa )

Literature: Nixon 1937 -77; Nixon 1954 -284; Wharton (1994).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Nanna (= Amaurosoma ) armillata ( Scathophagidae ) in developing flower heads of Phleum spp. ( Poaceae ). Evidence — King et al. (1935) (2); Telenga (1935).

DNA Barcode: Yes; in two sister BINS.

Notes: Only Dacnusini known to parasitise a calypterate dipteran.