Arthrolytus Thomson, 1878

László, Zoltán, Kelemen, Tünde-Ilona & Japoshvili, George, 2022, Pteromalidae Of Lagodekhi Protected Areas With The Description Of A New Psilocera Species From Sakartvelo (Georgia), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (1), pp. 53-72 : 62-63

Genus Arthrolytus Thomson, 1878

Arthrolytus maculipennis (Walker, 1835) *

Material: GEORGIA – 2 ff, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.855848°N 46.292739°E, alt. 847 m, 25 Aug.–4 Sep. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H2, half deposited in MZBBU and half in IEAUG.

pedicellaris Thomson, 1878 , c = T. princeps Westwood, 1832 , d = T. pulcher Walker, 1836

Biology: parasitoid of Diptera , perhaps Cecidomyiidae , seems to be linked with gall inducers as congeneric species ( GRAHAM 1969).

Distribution: widely distributed all over Europe and also mentioned from Sakhalin Oblast, which depicts a Palaearctic distribution ( NOYES 2019). Was previously not mentioned from Georgia.