Strongylogaster Dahlbom, 1835

Macek, Jan, 2010, Taxonomy, distribution and biology of selected European Dinax, Strongylogaster and Taxonus species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 253-271 : 256

Strongylogaster Dahlbom, 1835

Strongylogaster is distributed mainly in the Holarctic Region with about 60 species associated with ferns. Six of them occur in Europe and five have been recorded in the Czech Republic. MUCHE (1969a) diagnosed and keyed the Central European species. NAITO (1996) revised and keyed all species of the genus and discussed their phylogenetic relations based on morphology, geography, biology and karyology. BLANK (1998, 2002) revised and keyed the European species and consolidated the confusing nomenclature and synonymy of several species. Larvae of five European species were described and keyed by LORENZ & KRAUS (1957). WELKE (1959) provided comprehensive information on the morphology and bionomics, including their parasitoids, of adults and larvae of S. xanthoceros Stephens, 1835 and S. lineata (Christ, 1791) (= S. multifasciata Geoffroy, 1785 ).