New records of platygastrid wasps (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Russia and Georgia

Abstract

The new data on distributions of nine species of platygastrid wasps in the fauna of Russia are given. Of them, Leptacis laodice (Walker, 1836) is recorded in the fauna of Russia for the first time. New species are recorded for Leningradskaya, Moscow, Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk Provinces, Stavropol, Altai and Primorskiy Territories, Chuvashia, Mordovia, Crimea and Sakha (Yakutia) Republics. Also three platygastrid species are reported as new for the fauna of Georgia, Acerotella boter (Walker, 1838), Amblyaspis aliena (Nees, 1834) and A. nodicornis (Nees, 1834).