New data on the aphidiid-wasp (Hymenoptera, Aphidiidae) fauna of Great Britain based on the collection of the Manchester Museum

Abstract

A total of 64 species from 17 genera of the family Aphidiidae (Hymenoptera) from Great Britain is identified in the collection of the Manchester Museum (University of Manchester, UK). Nine species are recorded from Great Britain for the first time: Aphidius absinthii Marshall, 1896, A. arvensis Starỳ, 1960, A. linosiphonis Tomanović et Starỳ, 2001, Diaeretellus macrocarpus Mackauer, 1961, Ephedrus longistigmus Gärdenfors, 1986, Monoctonus mali van Achterberg, 1989, Praon uroleucon Tomanović et Kavallieratos, 2003, Trioxys humuli Mackauer, 1960, and T. lambersi Mackauer, 1960. Supplemented descriptions of 2 rare species, Trioxys macroceratus Mackauer, 1960 and T. ibis Mackauer, 1961, are given.