Probles Förster, 1869

Khalaim, Andrey I., 2022, Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Japan: two new species, a new combination and 23 new country records, Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 301-330 : 311-312

Genus Probles Förster, 1869

Probles is a large predominantly Holarctic genus with about 50 species in the Palaearctic region ( Yu et al. 2016; Khalaim et al. 2013, 2017; Balueva et al. 2014; Khalaim 2014; Khalaim & Tereshkin 2019; Kasparyan & Khalaim 2021), eleven species in Mexico (the fauna of America north of Mexico is virtually undescribed) (Khalaim & RuízCancino 2019), and several species in other regions of the world except South America and New Zealand ( Yu et al. 2016). Twelve species are known from the Russian Far East ( Khalaim 2007, 2014; Khalaim et al. 2017; Khalaim & Tereshkin 2019) and six species from South Korea ( Khalaim et al. 2013, 2017; Balueva et al. 2014).

Ten species of Probles occur in Japan ( Khalaim 2003; Kasparyan & Khalaim 2021): P. (Euporizon) arkadyi Khalaim , P. (Rugodiaparsis) kunashirica Khalaim , and eight newly recorded species listed below.

In Europe, some species of Probles have been recorded as parasitoids of the beetle families Attelabidae , Ciidae , Curculionidae , Endomycidae and Melandryidae ( Horstmann 1971, 1981; Blommers & Vaal 2002), and one species probably parasitises in gall-forming sawfly of the genus Pontania Costa ( Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae ) ( Kopelke 1994).