Omalus biaccinctus (Buysson 1892)
- Dataset
- Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Chrysididae
- genus
- Omalus
- species
- Omalus biaccinctus
description
Ellampus biaccinctus Buysson in André 1892: 152. Syntypes ♂, ♀; France (MNHN) (examined).
discussion
Remarks. Omalus biaccinctus is a rare species in the Nordic and Baltic countries. It has not yet been recorded in Lithuania. The species has been classified as vulnerable in Finland (Paukkunen 2010). In Sweden it is also uncommon, but was excluded from the latest national red list (Cederberg et al. 2010). The Latvian specimens were found in LMSZ in Riga, where they had been erroneously identified as O. aeneus by Tumšs.
distribution
Distribution. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, * Latvia, * Norway, Sweden, * Russian Fennoscandia. — Westpalearctic: from West Europe to West Asia (Linsenmaier 1959). Most common in the Mediterranean area (Mingo 1994).
materials_examined
Material examined. Denmark: LFM: Kaerstrup, 1913, 1 ♀; Søholt, 1917, 1 ♀; * Latvia: Dalbe, 22. VI. 1973, 1 ♀ (V. Tumšs); Langstini, 25. VII. 1971, 1 ♀ (V. Tumšs); Upseims, 16. VII. 1974, 1 ♀ (V. Tumšs); * Norway: BØ: Hole, Utstranda, 25. VI – 2. VIII. 2011, 2 exx. (F. Ødegaard); Ø: Hvaler, Asmaløy, 25. VI. 2010, 1 ex. (F. Ødegaard); * Russian Fennoscandia: Ik: Metsäpirtti [= Zaporozhskoe], 12. VII. 1934, 1 ♀ (A. Merisuo).
Name
- Homonyms
- Omalus biaccinctus (Buysson 1892)