Lamachus lophyri ( Ashmead, 1898 )

Khalaim, A. I., Ruíz-Cancino, E., Coronado-Blanco, J. M. & Castañeda-Vildуzola, Á., 2019, First record of the genus Lamachus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ctenopelmatinae) from Mexico, with description of two new species, Russian Entomological Journal 28 (2), pp. 169-179 : 175

4. Lamachus lophyri ( Ashmead, 1898)

Neoeryma lophyri Ashmead, 1898: 169 [♂ ♀ (USNM), USA, New Hampshire, Canobie Lake, “ Bred from saw-fly larva, Lophyrus sp. ”].

REFERENCES. Dimmock, 1898: 153 (host); Cushman, 1939: 400 ( Lamachus , comb.); Brown, 1941: 5 (host; Canada); Townes, 1945: 520 (catalogue); Townes and Townes, 1951: 335 (catalogue); Coppel, 1954 ( Canada, Ontario; host); Underwood, 1967 ( Canada, New Brunswick; host); Price and Tripp, 1972 ( Canada, Quebec; host); Carlson, 1979: 597 (catalogue).

REMARKS. Carlson [1979] in his catalogue also mentioned distribution of this species in Maine, Massachusetts and Wisconsin ( USA), but with no details .

DISTRIBUTION. East Canada (New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec), Northeast USA (New Hampshire) .

BIOLOGY. Parasitoid of Neodiprion abbottii (Leach) [ Dimmock, 1898], N. abietis (Harris) [ Brown, 1941], N. nanulus Schedl [ Coppel, 1954; Underwood, 1967] and N. swainei Middleton [ Price, Tripp, 1972]. Also mentioned as parasitoid of several Neodiprion species in the catalogue by Carlson [1979], but with no details.