Anagrus (Paranagrus) optabilis (Perkins, 1905)

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Koponen, Martti, Vikberg, Veli & Várkonyi, Gergely, 2020, Taxonomy, annotated new records and a checklist of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) of Finland, with description of a new species of Eustochus, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (2), pp. 565-589 : 569

Anagrus (Paranagrus) optabilis (Perkins, 1905)

Material examined. FINLAND: Ta: Janakkala, Leppälampi (6766:3379), 2.viii.2009, marshy lakeside,V.Vikberg (1 ♀, VVCT; determined by V.Vikberg in 2010 as A. panicicolae Sahad, 1984 , a synonym of A. optabilis , as well as more females at the same site in the following years (most recently in 2016). CANARY ISLANDS: Tenerife Island, Puerto de la Cruz, Parque Taoro, 20.xii.1997, M. Koponen (2 ♀♀, FMNH). MADEIRA: Madeira Island:Monte, 550 m, 3.xi.1996, M.Koponen (1 ♀, FMNH);Vaie do Paraiso, 740 m, 6.xi.1996, M.Koponen (2 ♀♀, FMNH).

Distribution. Palaearctic ( China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia, Spain), Afrotropical ( Cape Verde, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, South Africa, Yemen), Australasian ( Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea), Nearctic ( USA), Oceanian ( Fiji, Guam, Hawaiian Islands, Samoa), and Oriental ( Bangladesh, China including Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand) Regions (T*©ංൺඉංඍඌඒඇ 2015b). New subgenus and species record for Finland. Discovery of this species is indicative to the recent climate warming in Finland, which is the northernmost point of its distribution. The new records of A.

(Paranagrus) optabilis from the Canary Islands and Madeira were omitted by Kඈඉඈඇൾඇ & T*©ංൺඉංඍඌඒඇ (2016).