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. 2014 Aug 27;(2):e1167. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1167

Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ceraphronoidea

Gavin R Broad †,✉, Laurence Livermore ‡
PMCID: PMC4152828  PMID: 25197240

Introduction

This checklist comprises parts of the larger checklist of the Hymenoptera of the British Isles; the terms of reference and methodology are explained in Broad (2014). Country level distribution records, as reported here, are mainly taken from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London (NHM), with additional sources cited. The Ceraphronoidea comprises two extant families, the Ceraphronidae and Megaspilidae, represented by 28 and 64 valid species in the British Isles. Representatives of the British families and subfamilies of Ceraphronoidea are shown in Fig. 1a, c, d. There has been very little recent work on the British and Irish Ceraphronoidea and it is generally a rather neglected group of parasitoids. The genus Dendrocerus is an exception: several species are frequently reared as hyperparasitoids of aphids or from other aphid-associated insects and their taxonomy has been revised (Fergusson 1980). Much remains to be discovered about the biology and taxonomy of ceraphronoids. Whilst at least some megaspilids are known to be ectoparasitoid idiobionts (Haviland 1920), including Dendrocerus, the Ceraphronidae contains ecto- and endoparasitoids; within the same genus (Aphanogmus) some species seem to be endoparasitoids (e.g. Parnell 1963) and others ectoparasitoids (Luhman et al. 1999, Evans et al. 2005), with idiobiosis and koinobiosis both reported in the literature. Whilst hosts of both ceraphronids and megaspilids seem to be centred on Diptera there are many exceptions and the range of hosts of the superfamily spans several orders. Nomenclature here follows Johnson and Musetti (2004) a rather full synonymy is given as there is only a very small body of literature dealing with ceraphronoids in a British context, so most names are unfamiliar to most entomologists.

Habitus of representative British Ceraphronoidea (scale bar = 1 mm).

Figure 1a.

Figure 1a.

Ceraphronidae: Aphanogmus abdominalis (Thomson) female, ex galls of Dasineura odoratae Stelter (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Viola odorata, England, Surrey, Ripley, July 2007, coll. K.M. Harris, det. P. Buhl (BMNH(E)#1022373).

Figure 1b.

Figure 1b.

Megaspilidae: Megaspilinae: Dendrocerus carpenteri (Curtis) male, ex Trioxys betulae Marshall (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Clethrobius comes (Walker) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Alnus glutinosa, Scotland, Invernesshire, Dundreggan, June 2012, coll. E.A. Baker, det. D.G. Notton (BMNH(E)#1022374).

Figure 1c.

Figure 1c.

Megaspilidae: Lagynodinae: Lagynodes pallidus (Boheman) female, Winkler extraction, England, Isle of Wight, Timber Copse, May 2013, coll. V. Burton, det. D.G. Notton (BMNH(E)#1022375).

Figure 1d.

Figure 1d.

Megaspilidae: Lagynodinae: Lagynodes pallidus (Boheman) male, England, Devon, Torquay District, August 1929, coll. G. Nixon (BMNH(E)#1022381).

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Checklists

Superfamily Ceraphronoidea

Ceraphronidae

Haliday, 1833

Aphanogmus

Thomson, 1858

Notes

Information on a few species, including some distribution data, is given by Parr (1960) and Parnell (1963).

Aphanogmus abdominalis

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Calliceras abdominalis Thomson, 1858

  • Ceraphron pallidiventris (Ashmead, 1893, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron cameroni (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron microneurus (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron) preocc.

  • Calliceras violae (Novitzky, 1954, Calliceras)

Distribution

England

Notes

See Buhl (2009).

Aphanogmus bicolor

Ashmead, 1893

  • Ceraphron aviger (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron reitteri (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

  • Calliceras humicola (Novitzky, 1954, Calliceras)

Aphanogmus compressus

(Ratzeburg, 1852)

  • Hadroceras compressa Ratzeburg, 1852

  • Aphanogmus nigrofornicatus Pschorn-Walcher, 1956

  • Aphanogmus annulicornis Jansson, 1957

  • Aphanogmus venustus Parr, 1960 synonymy by Dessart (1991)

Distribution

England, Ireland

Aphanogmus elegantulus

Förster, 1861

Distribution

Ireland

Notes

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2012).

Aphanogmus fasciipennis

Thomson, 1858

  • Aphanogmus fusciipennis misspelling

Distribution

England

Aphanogmus fumipennis

Thomson, 1858

  • Aphanogmus hyalinipennis Thomson, 1858

  • Aphanogmus laevis Förster, 1861

  • Aphanogmus grenadensis Ashmead, 1896

  • Aphanogmus formicarius Kieffer, 1905

  • Aphanogmus ?clavatus Kieffer, 1907

  • Ceraphron armatus (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron) preocc.

  • Ceraphron formicarum (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron frenalis (Kieffer, 1907, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron oriphilus (Kieffer, 1913, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron fuliginosi (Box, 1921, Ceraphron)

  • Calliceras fasciatus (Fouts, 1924, Calliceras)

  • Calliceras borealis (Whittaker, 1930, Calliceras)

  • Allomicrops bemisiae (Ghesquière, 1935, Allomicrops)

  • Ceraphron roberti (Dessart, 1979, Ceraphron)

Distribution

England, Ireland

Aphanogmus furcatus

Kieffer, 1907

Aphanogmus microneurus

Kieffer, 1907

  • Aphanogmus obsoletus Whittaker, 1930

  • Aphanogmus cylindricornis Parr, 1960 synonymy by Dessart (1965)

Distribution

England

Aphanogmus nanus

(Nees, 1834)

  • Calliceras nigriceps (Thomson, 1858, Calliceras)

  • Calliceras pallidus (Thomson, 1858, Calliceras)

  • Ceraphron nigriclavis (Förster, 1861, Ceraphron)

Distribution

Ireland

Notes

Recorded, as new to Ireland, as Ceraphron nigriceps (Thomson) by O'Connor (2007).

Aphanogmus myrmecobius

Kieffer, 1914

Aphanogmus sagena

Johnson & Musetti, 2004

  • Aphanogmus reticulatus Parr, 1960 preocc.

Distribution

England

Aphanogmus steinitzi

Priesner, 1936

Distribution

England

Aphanogmus tenuicornis

Thomson, 1858

  • Ceraphron ultimus (Dalla Torre, 1890, Ceraphron)

Distribution

Ireland

Aphanogmus terminalis

Förster, 1861

Distribution

Ireland

Notes

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2011).

Aphanogmus vicinus

Förster, 1861

Distribution

England, Ireland

Notes

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2012).

Ceraphron

Jurine, 1807

  • CALLICERAS Nees, 1834

  • HADROCERAS Förster, 1840

  • TOMOLIGON Rondani, 1877

  • MEGASPILIDEA Ashmead, 1888

  • NEOCERAPHRON Ashmead, 1893

  • PRISTOMICROPS Kieffer, 1906

  • CERATOPHRON Schulz, 1906 emendation

  • ALLOMICROPS Kieffer, 1914

  • EULAGYNODES Girault, 1917

  • CERANOGMUS Risbec, 1953

  • LARSOCERAPHRON Dessart, 1981

  • OKTOCERAPHRON Dessart & Cancemi, 1987

Ceraphron bispinosus

(Nees, 1834)

  • Calliceras bispinosa Nees, 1834

  • Ceraphron striatus Förster, 1861

  • Ceraphron crassicornis Harrington, 1899

  • Ceraphron opacus Kieffer, 1905

  • Calliceras bohemani (Kieffer, 1914, Calliceras)

  • Calliceras septentrionalis (Kieffer, 1914, Calliceras)

Ceraphron flaviventris

Kieffer, 1907

Ceraphron myrmecophilus

Kieffer, 1913

Ceraphron myrmicarum

Kieffer, 1913

Ceraphron nigraticeps

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England

Ceraphron nigrelliceps

Kieffer, 1907

Ceraphron pallipes

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Calliceras pallipes Thomson, 1858

  • Ceraphron pallidipes misspelling

  • Ceraphron globuliflagellaris Szabó, 1979

Ceraphron scoticus

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England, Scotland

Ceraphron testaceipes

Kieffer, 1904

  • Ceraphron bruneus Kieffer, 1904

  • Ceraphron spinifer Kieffer, 1907

  • Ceraphron spinifex misspelling

Distribution

England

Ceraphron trissacantha

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

Ireland

Notes

Added by Buhl and O'Connor (2011).

Synaris

Förster, 1878

  • SINARIS misspelling

Synaris britannica

Szelényi, 1936

Synaris planifrons

Kieffer, 1907

Synaris pulla

Förster, 1878

Distribution

England

Megaspilidae

Ashmead, 1893

Lagynodinae

Masner & Dessart, 1967

Lagynodes

Förster, 1840

  • LAGNYODES misspelling

  • MICROPS Haliday, 1833 preocc.

  • MICROPS Marshall, 1874

  • PLASTOMICROPS Kieffer, 1906

Lagynodes pallidus

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron pallidus Boheman, 1832

  • Microps rubi (Haliday, 1833, Microps)

  • Ceraphron pallidus (Zetterstedt, 1840, Ceraphron) preocc.

  • Hadrocerus spinosa (Förster, 1840, Hadrocerus)

  • Lagynodes rufus Förster, 1840

  • Lagynodes rufescens Ruthe, 1859

  • Triogmus furcifer (Marshall, 1874, Triogmus)

  • Lagynodes minutus Ashmead, 1893

  • Lagynodes nitidiceps Kieffer, 1906

  • Lagynodes crassicornis Kieffer, 1906

  • Lagynodes niger Kieffer, 1906

  • Lagynodes aterior Box, 1921

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Lagynodes thoracicus

Kieffer, 1906

  • Lagynodes janssoni Maumené-Burtel, 1957

Megaspilinae

Ashmead, 1893

Conostigmus

Dahlbom, 1858

  • DICHOGMUS Thomson, 1858

  • EUMEGASPILUS Ashmead, 1888

  • EUMEGALOSPILUS Schulz, 1906 invalid emendation

  • CONOSTIGMOIDES Dodd, 1914

  • ECNOMOTHORAX Dessart & Masner, 1965

  • DOLICHOCERAPHRON Hellén, 1966

  • SZELENYIDES Dessart, 1974

Conostigmus abdominalis

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron abdominalis Boheman, 1832

  • Ceraphron tenuicornis (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

  • Conostigmus testacea Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus divisifrons Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus foveatifrons Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus pilosiceps Szabó, 1979

  • Conostigmus curvilineaticeps Szabó, 1979

Distribution

England

Conostigmus alutaceus

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Megaspilus alutaceus Thomson, 1858

Conostigmus apteryx

Kieffer, 1909

  • Conostigmus apterus Kieffer, 1907 preocc.

Conostigmus atelopterus

(Marshall, 1868)

  • Megaspilus atelopterus Marshall, 1868

Conostigmus basalis

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus borealis

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Megaspilus borealis Thomson, 1858

Conostigmus brachypterus

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Megaspilus brachypterus Thomson, 1858

  • Ceraphron subapterus (Zetterstedt, 1840, Ceraphron) preocc.

Conostigmus britannicus

Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus cameroni Kieffer, 1914

Conostigmus carpentieri

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England, Ireland

Conostigmus clavicornis

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus crassicornis

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron crassicornis Boheman, 1832

  • Megaspilus validicornis (Thomson, 1858, Megaspilus)

  • Conostigmus flavopunctatus Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus macrocerus Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus alpicola Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus subclavatus Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus apsteini Kieffer, 1914

Distribution

England, Ireland

Conostigmus cursitans

(Nees, 1834)

  • Calliceras cursitans Nees, 1834

  • Conostigmus leptothorax Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus micans Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus subalatus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England

Conostigmus curtipennis

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus cylindricus

Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus geniculatus Kieffer, 1907

  • Dichogmus nigriceps (Kieffer, 1907, Dichogmus)

  • Conostigmus globiceps Hellén, 1966

Distribution

England, Ireland

Conostigmus fasciatipennis

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England

Conostigmus formiceti

(Erichson, 1844)

  • Megaspilus wasmanni (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

  • Megaspilus antennalis (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

  • Megaspilus testaceipes (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

  • Megaspilus ?lasiophilus (Kieffer, 1905, Megaspilus)

  • Conostigmus tricolor Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus myrmecobius Kieffer, 1913

  • Conostigmus formicarum Kieffer, 1914

  • Conostigmus nidorum Kieffer, 1914

Distribution

England

Conostigmus frontalis

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Megaspilus crassinervis (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

  • Conostigmus subsulcatus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England

Conostigmus fuscipes

(Nees, 1834)

Conostigmus halteratus

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron halteratus Boheman, 1832

  • Ceraphron longicornis (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

  • Calliceras brevipennis (Nees, 1834, Calliceras)

  • Megaspilus punctulatus (Cameron, 1881, Megaspilus)

  • Megaspilus cursor (Kieffer, 1904, Megaspilus)

  • Megaspilus clavatipennis clavatipennis (Kieffer, 1905, Megaspilus)

  • Conostigmus rhopalophorus Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus lineatifrons Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus punctatifrons Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England, Scotland

Conostigmus humilis

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England

Conostigmus inconstans

Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus angusticeps Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus pennatus Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus innotatus

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus lativentris

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Megaspilus lativentris Thomson, 1858

  • Conostigmus halteriger Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus scabriventris Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus holoceps Szabó, 1979

Distribution

England

Conostigmus levifrons

Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus semipunctatus Szabó, 1979

  • Conostigmus szelenyii Szabó, 1979

Distribution

England

Conostigmus linearis

Hellén, 1966

Distribution

England

Notes

Added by Dessart (1996).

Conostigmus lucidus

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England, Ireland

Conostigmus melanocephalus

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron melanocephalus Boheman, 1832

  • Calliceras thoracicus (Nees, 1834, Calliceras)

  • Conostigmus allotropus Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus micromma Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus signatifrons Kieffer, 1917

Conostigmus mullensis

(Cameron, 1881)

  • Megaspilus mullensis Cameron, 1881

Distribution

Scotland

Conostigmus niger

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus nigriventris

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus obscurus

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Megaspilus obscurus Thomson, 1858

  • Megaspilus arcticus (Thomson, 1858, Megaspilus)

  • Conostigmus syrphorum Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus planifrons

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus pubescens

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Ceraphron pubescens Thomson, 1858

Distribution

England, Ireland

Conostigmus rufescens

Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus anglicus Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England

Conostigmus ruficollis

Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus globuliceps Szabó, 1979

Conostigmus rufipes

(Nees, 1834)

  • Ceraphron rufipes Nees, 1834

  • Conostigmus cruciger Szabó, 1979

  • Conostigmus misinus Szabó, 1979

Distribution

England

Conostigmus rutilus

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus speculiger

Dessart, 1974

Conostigmus subclavicornis

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus subfilicornis

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England

Conostigmus sulcaticeps

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus triangularis

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Ceraphron triangularis Thomson, 1858

  • Trichosteresis armatus (Kieffer, 1907, Trichosteresis)

  • Conostigmus marshalli Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus forticornis Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus ater Fouts, 1926

  • Conostigmus zagloui Kamal, 1926

  • Conostigmus moczari Szabó, 1979

Distribution

England

Conostigmus tristriatus

Kieffer, 1907

Conostigmus versicolor

Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Creator

Alekseev, 1980

Creator spissicornis

(Hellén, 1966)

  • Lygocerus spissicornis Hellén, 1966

Distribution

England

Notes

Added by Fergusson (1980). Treated as a species of Dendrocerus by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus

Ratzeburg, 1852

  • LYGOCERUS Förster, 1856

  • MACROSTIGMA Rondani, 1877

  • ATRITOMUS Förster, 1878 preocc.

  • PRODENDROCERUS Kieffer, 1907

  • ATRITOMELLUS Kieffer, 1914

  • NEOLYGOCERUS Ishii, 1951

  • BASOKO Risbec, 1958

Notes

Syonymic and distributional data taken from Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus aphidum

(Rondani, 1877)

  • Macrostigma aphidum Rondani, 1877

  • Ceraphron rufipes (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron) preocc.

  • Macrostigma aphidum (Rondani, 1877, Macrostigma)

  • Lygocerus koebelei (Ashmead, 1904, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus subquadratus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus fusciventris (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus frenalis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus breadalbimensis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus bicolor (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus fuscipennis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus ?neglectus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Dendrocerus attentus Muesebeck, 1959

  • Dendrocerus lundensis Dessart, 1966

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Dendrocerus bifoveatus

(Kieffer, 1907)

  • Lygocerus bifoveatus Kieffer, 1907

  • Lygocerus sordidipes (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland

Dendrocerus carpenteri

(Curtis, 1829)

  • Ceraphron carpenteri Curtis, 1829

  • Ceraphron crispus (Curtis, 1829, Ceraphron) nom. nud.

  • Ceraphron elegans (Curtis, 1829, Ceraphron) nom. nud.

  • Ceraphron fuscipes (Ratzeburg, 1852, Ceraphron) preocc.

  • Ceraphron hyalinatus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

  • Megaspilus niger (Howard, 1890, Megaspilus)

  • Trichosteresis proximus (Kieffer, 1907, Trichosteresis)

  • Trichosteresis punctatipennis (Kieffer, 1907, Trichosteresis)

  • Lygocerus rufiventris (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus) preocc.

  • Lygocerus campestris (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus aphidivorus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus testaceimanus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus aphidum (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus) preocc.

  • Lygocerus giraudi (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus cameroni (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus thomsoni (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus inquilinus (Kieffer, 1917, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus ambianus (Dessart, 1965, Lygocerus)

  • Dendrocerus britannicus Dessart, 1966

  • Dendrocerus tischbeini Dessart, 1966

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Dendrocerus flavipes

Kieffer, 1907

  • Dendrocerus fuscipes Kieffer, 1907

Distribution

England, Ireland

Notes

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus ?floridanus

(Ashmead, 1881)

  • Chirocerus floridanus Ashmead, 1881

  • Lygocerus semiramosus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus longispinus (Yasumatsu & Moritsu, 1947, Lygocerus)

Notes

Provisionally included on the British and Irish list on the basis of Dessart (1978), who synonymised Lygocerus semiramosus (described from a British specimen) under Dendrocerus floridanus. Although Fergusson (1980) listed Lygocerus semiramosus as a junior synonym of Dendrocerus serricornis, it was retained as a junior synonym of Dendrocerus floridanus by Johnson and Musetti (2004), albeit with the comment that this ‘difference in taxonomic judgement has not yet been resolved’.

Dendrocerus halidayi

(Curtis, 1829)

  • Ceraphron halidayi Curtis, 1829

  • Dendrocerus lichtensteinii Ratzeburg, 1852

  • Ceraphron callicerus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

  • Atritomellus hungaricus (Szabó, 1979, Atritomellus)

Distribution

England, Ireland

Dendrocerus laevis

(Ratzeburg, 1852)

  • Ceraphron laevis Ratzeburg, 1852

  • Ceraphron frontalis (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

  • Atritomus coccophagus (Förster, 1878, Atritomus)

  • Atritomellus smirnoffi (Ghesquière, 1960, Atritomellus)

Distribution

England, Ireland

Notes

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus laticeps

(Hedicke, 1929)

  • Atritomellus laticeps Hedicke, 1929

  • Lygocerus incompletus (Muesebeck, 1959, Lygocerus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus liebscheri

Dessart, 1972

  • Ceraphron tenuicornis (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron) preocc.

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus punctipes

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron punctipes Boheman, 1832

  • Ceraphron parvulus (Wollaston, 1858, Ceraphron)

  • Conostigmus vassae (Szabó, 1979, Conostigmus)

Distribution

England

Notes

Added by Fergusson (1980).

Dendrocerus pupparum

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron pupparum Boheman, 1832

  • Dendrocerus puparum misspelling

  • Ceraphron ancyloneurus (Ratzeburg, 1844, Ceraphron)

  • Lygocerus syrphidarum (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

Distribution

England

Dendrocerus ramicornis

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron ramicornis Boheman, 1832

  • Ceraphron glabriculus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

  • Lygocerus japonicus (Ashmead, 1904, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus ratzeburgi (Ashmead, 1904, Lygocerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland

Dendrocerus rectangularis

(Kieffer, 1907)

  • Lygocerus rectangularis Kieffer, 1907

  • Dendrocerus longicornis (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron) preocc.

  • Lygocerus pallipes (Kirchner, 1867, Lygocerus) nom. nud.

  • Lygocerus claripennis (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus flavipes (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus) preocc.

  • Conostigmus lentus (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus)

  • Conostigmus alpestris (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus)

  • Conostigmus dubiosus (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus) synonymy by Dessart (1981)

  • Dendrocerus navaensis Dessart, 1966

  • Lygocerus flavus (Hellén, 1966, Lygocerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Dendrocerus serricornis

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron serricornis Boheman, 1832

  • Dendrocerus serraticornis misspelling

  • Dendrocerus testaceimanus misident.

  • Ceraphron piceus (Ratzeburg, 1852, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron lapponicus (Thomson, 1858, Ceraphron)

  • Lygocerus subramosus (Kieffer, 1907, Lygocerus)

  • Lygocerus pinicola (Muesebeck, 1959, Lygocerus)

  • Atritomellus zetterstedti (Ghesquière, 1960, Atritomellus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Ireland

Megaspilus

Westwood, 1829

  • HABROPELTE Thomson, 1858

  • MEGASPILODES Ashmead, 1888

  • MEGALOSPILUS Schulz, 1906 emendation

Megaspilus dux

(Curtis, 1829)

  • Ceraphron dux Curtis, 1829

  • Ceraphron scutellaris (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron tibialis (Boheman, 1832, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron herculeus (Förster, 1840, Ceraphron)

  • Telenomus stygicus (Provancher, 1887, Telenomus)

  • Megaspilus pleuralis Kieffer, 1907

  • Megaspilus integrifrons Kieffer, 1907

  • Megaspilus rufimanus Kieffer, 1907

  • Megaspilus merceti Kieffer, 1907

  • Conostigmus fuscicrus (Kieffer, 1907, Conostigmus)

Distribution

England

Megaspilus striolatus

(Thomson, 1858)

  • Habropelte striolata Thomson, 1858

  • Megaspilus hispanicus Kieffer, 1907

  • Megaspilus flavimanus Kieffer, 1907

  • Megaspilus sculpturatus Kieffer, 1907

Trichosteresis

Förster, 1856

  • THLIBONEURA Thomson, 1858

Trichosteresis glabra

(Boheman, 1832)

  • Ceraphron glaber Boheman, 1832

  • Ceraphron syrphii (Bouché, 1834, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron clandestinus (Nees, 1834, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron albipennis (Zetterstedt, 1840, Ceraphron)

  • Ceraphron tortricum (Ratzeburg, 1844, Ceraphron)

  • Thliboneura nitida (Thomson, 1858, Thliboneura)

  • Thliboneura radialis (Thomson, 1858, Thliboneura)

  • Trichosteresis floridanus Ashmead, 1887

  • Trichosteresis foersteri Kieffer, 1907

  • Trichosteresis flavitarsis Kieffer, 1907

  • Trichosteresis longigena Kieffer, 1907

  • Trichosteresis vitripennis Whittaker, 1930

  • Trichosteresis ninomiyai Yasumatsu, 1963

Distribution

England

Trichosteresis nudipennis

Kieffer, 1907

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