Halticoptera circulus (Walker)

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2005, A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 1090 (1), pp. 35-49 : 47

Halticoptera circulus (Walker)

Dicyclus circulus Walker, 1833 , Monographia Chalcidum, Ent. Mag. 1: 456.

A list of synonyms is given by Graham (1969), but Miscogaster Crius Walker has been removed ( Askew, 1972).

Romanian material examined: Avrǎmeni (BotoŞani county), meadow: 1♂ 30 VIII. 1999 (I. Andriescu); Breazu (IaŞi county): 1♀ 3. VIII. 2001 (I. Andriescu); Slǎnic (ArgeŞ county), on Trifolium : 1♀ 19. VIII. 2004 (M.­D. Mitroiu); Ceahlǎu National Park (Neamţ county): 1♂ 10. VI. 2004 (I. Popescu); Retezat National Park (Hunedoara county)— Retezat peak (2485 m): 2♀♀ and 8♂♂ 13. VIII. 2004 (M.­D. Mitroiu); Retezat National Park —Lolaia ridge (1700­2200 m): 1♂ 13. VIII. 2004 (M.­D. Mitroiu); Strunga (IaŞi county): 1♂ 13. VIII. 2004 (O. Popovici); Danube's Delta (Tulcea county)— Furtuna lake : 1♂ 20. VIII. 2004 (O. Popovici) .

Romanian references: Andriescu (1996).

H. circulus is recorded from the Western and Central Europe and it is one of the most common species of Halticoptera in Romania.