Halticoptera aenea (Walker)

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2005, A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 1090 (1), pp. 35-49 : 46-47

Halticoptera aenea (Walker)

Dicyclus aeneus Walker, 1833 , Monographia Chalcidum, Ent. Mag. 1: 456.

A list of synonyms is given by Graham (1969).

Romanian material examined: Vǎratec (Neamţ county), on grasses near road in spruce­tree forest: 1♂ 6. VII. 1998 (M.­D. Mitroiu); Dolhasca (Suceava county), on vegetation near Siret river: 1♀ and 1♂ 27. VIII. 1998 (M.­D. Mitroiu); Cheile TiŞiţei Natural Reserve (Vrancea county): 1♂?. V. 2000 (M.­D. Mitroiu); Piatra Craiului National Park (BraŞov county) Bârsei valley : 2♀♀ and 1♂ 26. IV. 2004 (I. Popescu) .

Romanian references: Erdös (1947).

H. aenea is a Holarctic species (for distribution see Noyes 2003) and it seems to be quite frequent in Romania.