Habritys Thomson, 1878

László, Zoltán, Kelemen, Tünde-Ilona & Japoshvili, George, 2022, Pteromalidae Of Lagodekhi Protected Areas With The Description Of A New Psilocera Species From Sakartvelo (Georgia), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (1), pp. 53-72 : 63

Genus Habritys Thomson, 1878

Habritys brevicornis (Ratzeburg, 1844) **

Material: GEORGIA – 3 ff, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.852441°N 46.287771°E, alt. 666 m, 15 May–15 Aug. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H1, deposited in MZBBU ; 1 f, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.855848°N 46.292739°E, alt. 847 m, 15–25 Aug. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H2, deposited in MZBBU ; 2 ff, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.871523°N 46.311585°E, alt. 1351 m, 5 July–5 Aug. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H3, deposited in IEAUG ; 1 f, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.885674°N 46.324132°E, alt. 1902 m, 5 May–6 Oct. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H4-5, deposited in MZBBU .

Biology: it is mainly parasitoids of digger wasps ( Hymenoptera : Sphecidae ), but several bark beetles ( Coleoptera : Scolytidae ) has been also recorded as insect hosts, which are thought of being only secondary hosts while H. brevicornis parasitizes their hymenopteran parasitoids ( GRAHAM 1969).

Distribution: widely distributed in Europe, Middle East and the Nearctic, not recorded from the Caucasus or Georgia until now.