An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species

Abstract. The Chrysididae are a group of cleptoparasitic and parasitoid aculeate wasps with a large number of rare and endangered species. The taxonomy of this group has long been confusing due to the similarity of species and extensive intraspecific variation. We present for the first time a compre...

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Autores principales: Paukkunen, Juho, Berg, Alexander, Soon, Villu, Ødegaard, Frode, Rosa, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.548.6164
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author Paukkunen, Juho
Berg, Alexander
Soon, Villu
Ødegaard, Frode
Rosa, Paolo
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description Abstract. The Chrysididae are a group of cleptoparasitic and parasitoid aculeate wasps with a large number of rare and endangered species. The taxonomy of this group has long been confusing due to the similarity of species and extensive intraspecific variation. We present for the first time a comprehensive dichotomous key for all 74 species found in the Nordic and Baltic countries. In addition to diagnostic characters, information on the distribution and biology of each species is also presented. A new species, Chrysis borealis Paukkunen, Ødegaard & Soon, sp. n. is described on the basis of specimens collected from Fennoscandia. Chrysis gracillima Förster, 1853 is recorded as new to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
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spelling pubmed-47143622016-01-21 An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species Paukkunen, Juho Berg, Alexander Soon, Villu Ødegaard, Frode Rosa, Paolo Zookeys Review Article Abstract. The Chrysididae are a group of cleptoparasitic and parasitoid aculeate wasps with a large number of rare and endangered species. The taxonomy of this group has long been confusing due to the similarity of species and extensive intraspecific variation. We present for the first time a comprehensive dichotomous key for all 74 species found in the Nordic and Baltic countries. In addition to diagnostic characters, information on the distribution and biology of each species is also presented. A new species, Chrysis borealis Paukkunen, Ødegaard & Soon, sp. n. is described on the basis of specimens collected from Fennoscandia. Chrysis gracillima Förster, 1853 is recorded as new to the Nordic and Baltic countries. Pensoft Publishers 2015-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4714362/ /pubmed/26798322 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.548.6164 Text en Juho Paukkunen, Alexander Berg, Villu Soon, Frode Ødegaard, Paolo Rosa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Review Article
Paukkunen, Juho
Berg, Alexander
Soon, Villu
Ødegaard, Frode
Rosa, Paolo
An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species
title An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species
title_full An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species
title_fullStr An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species
title_full_unstemmed An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species
title_short An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species
title_sort illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (hymenoptera, chrysididae) of the nordic and baltic countries, with description of a new species
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.548.6164
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