Dinax Konow, 1897

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 : 254

Dinax Konow, 1897

Dinax is a Palaearctic genus with six species. Five of them occur in China ( NIE & WEI 2004) and two in Russia. One of the Russian species, D. ermak ( Zhelochovtsev, 1968) , was found in Central Europe, which is so far the westernmost limit of the distribution of the genus. NIE & WEI (2004) provided the generic diagnosis and key to the Chinese species and discussed the enigmatic systematic position and relationships of Dinax within the Allantinae . The biology of Dinax is poorly known. Developmental stages were described by VERZHUTSKII (1981) for only one species, D. jakowleffi Konow, 1897 , based on rearing on Spiraea sp. (Rosaceae) .