New data on distribution and trophic relationships of the parasitoids family Aphidiidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) for the fauna of Russia

Abstract

The records of the Aphidiidae species for the fauna of tree regions of Russia are provided. Areopraon lepellei (Waterston, 1926), Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912, A. balcanicus Tomanović et Petrović, 2011 and Praon dorsale (Haliday, 1833) were found for the first time in the Western Siberia, and Trioxys inulaecola Starý et Remaudière, 1987 in North-West region of the European part of Russia. The original data for the trophic relations for 11 aphidiid species from NW of the European part of Russia are provided for the first time.