Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae)

• Main Authors: David G. Notton, Ovidiu A. Popovici, Cornelis Van Achterberg, Jeroen De Rond, John T. Burn
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2014-10-01
• Series: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Subjects: conservation; identification keys; invasive species; lectotype designation; synonymy
• Online Access: http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/221
• ISSN: 2118-9773

One genus and five species are recorded as new to Britain: <em>Fidiobia</em>, <em>Fidiobia hispanica</em>, <em>Macroteleia bicolora</em> (Platygastridae); <em>Sycophila binotata</em> (Eurytomidae); <em>Schizoprymnus collaris</em> (Braconidae); and <em>Laelius pedatus</em> (Bethylidae). Keys to British <em>Macroteleia</em> and <em>Laelius</em> are provided. Provisional synonymy is proposed between <em>Macroteleia minor</em> and <em>M. brevigaster</em>, and synonymy is proposed between <em>Laelius femoralis</em>, <em>L. microneurus</em> and <em>L. nigricrus</em>. The possible mode of introduction of <em>Sycophila binotata</em> is discussed. A lectotype is designated for <em>Schizoprymnus collaris</em>.