PERILAMPUS AENEUS (ROSSIUS, 1790) (HYMENOPTERA: PERILAMPIDAE) CONFIRMED IN LATVIA AND THE BALTIC STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A CENTURY

Current issue: Volume 24, No. 2 (2024)

PERILAMPUS AENEUS (ROSSIUS, 1790) (HYMENOPTERA: PERILAMPIDAE) CONFIRMED IN LATVIA AND THE BALTIC STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A CENTURY

Aleksandrs Balodis, Dmitry Telnov*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59893/abud.24(2).001

Balodis A., Telnov D. 2024. Perilampus aeneus (Rossius, 1790) (Hymenoptera: Perilampidae) confirmed in Latvia and the Baltic states for the first time in a century. Acta Biol. Univ Daugvp., 2024(2): 157-163.

Abstract

We present the first contemporary Latvian observation of Perilampus aeneus (Rossius, 1790), a hyperparasitoid chalcidoid wasp. The discussed observation is the first record of the species in the whole Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since 1917. A short discussion on the habitats and occurrence of P. aeneus in northern Europe is provided.

Keywords: Perilampus, Baltic Region, faunistic, occurrence confirmation.

*Corresponding author: Dmitry Telnov. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, SW7 5BD London, United Kingdom. E-mail: anthicus@gmail.com. Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Str. 13, LV-5401 Daugavpils, Latvia. Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vācieša Str. 4, LV-1004 Rīga, Latvia. ORCID: 0000-0003-3412-0089

Aleksandrs Balodis. Siguldas Str. 2A–27, LV–2136 Vangaži, Latvia