Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 15

Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. South Korea: GN, Geochang-gun Science Museum Natural

Enemy, MT, 4.IX–16.IX 2020, 2 ♀, coll. Ku Deokseo, Lee Jaehyeon, ( SMNE); JJ, NIAS

KOREA, YPT, Sanggwi Aewol , Jeju, 12.IX 1998, 6 ♀, coll. June Yeol Choi, ( NIAS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Europe, Russia, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan,

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, South Korea, Japan, North

America, India, South-Eastern Asia, Afrotropics, South America, Australasia.

BIOLOGY. Primary parasitoid of coleopterans of the families Bruchidae , Curculionidae ,

Scolytidae , dipterans of the family Chloropidae , hemipterans of the family Diaspididae ,

hymenopterans of the families Cynipidae , Sphecidae , Vespidae and many families of Lepidoptera ; secondary parasitoid of hymenopterans of the families Braconidae , Ichneumonidae and Pteromalidae .