Trioxys tanaceticola Starý, 1971

M a t e r i a l. 1 ♀, Kirovograd Region: Novomirgorod Distr., Yosypivka [48°50'59.11'' N, 31°42'6.29'' E], meadow, reared from aphids on Tanacetum vulgare L., 12.07.201 1 (Zubenko) (SIZK) .

С o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s. T. tanaceticola (fig. 11) is similar to European species Trioxys lambersi Mackauer, 1960 (Davidian, 2007), and differs by: 1) 11-segmented antenna; 2) more prominent spiracular tubercules; 3) apical part of ovipositor sheath is shorter; 4) clawlike bristles on prongs apexes is shorter. Moreover, it should be noted, that apex of ovipositor sheath of T. tanaceticola bearing three conical spines (fig. 11, 5); this diagnostic character could be helpful in T. tanaceticola identification.

Hosts. Metopeurum fuscoviride on Tanacetum vulgare; Coloradoa heinzei on Artemisia sp. and A. absinthium (Davidian, 2007; Yu et al., 2012).

H a b i t a t s. Meadows.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine (Kirovograd Region, first record). Europe (France), Near East (Iran), Central Asia (Kazakhstan) (Yu et al., 2012; Davidian, 2007).

My sincere thanks are due to E. M Davidian (All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Saint Petersburg, Russia) for consultation and verifying of species identification, to A. Kotenko and A. V. Gumovsky (I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv) for consultations, and to all colleagues, who collected and granted the material for this study. Special thanks are due to A. V. Gumovsky for photographing the material on SEM in the Royal Museum of Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium).