Asaphes suspensus (Nees, 1834)

Tselikh, E. V., Lee, J. & Ku, D-S., 2022, New records of the chalcid wasps of the family Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from South Korea, Far Eastern Entomologist 462, pp. 8-19 : 9

Asaphes suspensus (Nees, 1834)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. South Korea: GW, Mandae-ri, Haean-myeon, Yanggu-Gun,

Gangwon-do, MT, 15.V 2014, 31.V 2014, 30.VI 2014, 6 ♀, 8 ♂ , coll. H. T. Shin; same locality, 5.VII–11.VIII 2021, 8.IX–6.X 2021, 2 ♀, coll. Y.H. Park, M.H. Kim, D.H. Park ,

J.Y. Kim, ( KNA); GG, Soheul-eup, Pocheon-si , Gyeonggi-do, 37°45ʹ24.1ʺ N , 127°09ʹ46.1ʺ

E, 10. V –24. V 2017, 37°44ʹ55.8ʺ N, 127°08ʹ51.2ʺ E, 24. V –12. VI 2017, 37°45ʹ1.6ʺ N,

127°08ʹ34.9ʺ E, 12.VI–30.VI 2017, 4 ♀, coll. Kim, Kim, Nam; same locality , 37°45ʹ29.2ʺ N,

127°10ʹ0.4ʺ E, 15.V 2015, 15.VI 2015, 15.VII 2015, 4 ♀, coll. Park, Choi, Nam, Shin, Kim,

( KNA); GN, Daedong-ri, Mari-myeon, Geochang-gun, MT, 23.IX–6.X 2021, 3 ♀, coll. Lee

Jaehyeon, Jeong Hyojin; Muchon-ri, Namsang-gun, Geochang-gun, MT, 8.IX–23.IX 2021 , 1

♀, coll. Lee Jaehyeon, Jeong Hyojin, ( SMNE). JN, Eojeon-ri, Geumsan-myeon, Geogeumdo, MT, 16.VIII–29.VIII 2020 , 1 ♀, 1 ♂, coll. Ku Deokseo, Lee Jaehyeon, ( SMNE) .

DISTRIBUTION. Europe, Russia, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Japan, North America, India, South America.

BIOLOGY. Primary parasitoid of dipterans Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903)

(Agromyzidae) and Cecidomyia salicisstrobiloides Osten, 1878 (Cecidomyiidae) , many species of aphids of the family Aphididae ; secondary parasitoid of hymenopterans of the families Aphidiidae , Encyrtidae , Figitidae and Megaspilidae .