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Platygaster nisus Walker 1835

Description

Platygaster nisus Walker, 1835

England: Buckinghamshire, Burnham Beeches, 8 females, 14 September 1974, Bou C ek, Z. (BMNH); Croydon, Coulsdon, Happy Valley, 2 females, 7 September 1975, Noyes, J.S. (BMNH); Devon, Starcross, 1 female, 2 September 1973, suction trap, Rothamstead Experimental Station (BMNH); Hampshire, Brockenhurst, 1 female, 9 June 1938, Nixon, G.E.J. (BMNH); Isles of Scilly, Bryher, 1 female, 15 September 1975, Noyes, J.S. (BMNH); Kent, Tunbridge Wells, Hungershall Park, 1 female, 3 August 1974, long grass, Plater, K. (BMNH); Merton, Wimbledon Common, 1 female, 7 July 1973, Fergusson, N.D.M. (BMNH); Suffolk, Minsmere Bird Reserve, 1 female, 5 June 1976, Noyes, J.S. (BMNH); Surrey, Ashtead, 2 females, 10 August 1930, Nixon, G.E.J. (BMNH); Surrey, Horsley, 1 female, 31 August 1930, Nixon, G.E.J. (BMNH); Torbay, Torquay district, 1 female, August 1929, Nixon, G.E.J. (BMNH).

Ireland: Sligo, Trawalua, 1 female, 24–29 July 1933, Nixon, G.E.J. (BMNH).

Scotland: Fife, Tentsmuir Nature Reserve, 1 male, 16 July 1977, Noyes, J.S., Rogers, L. and Huddleston, T. (BMNH); Perth and Kinross, Ballinluig, 3 males, 20 July 1977, Noyes, J.S., Rogers, L. and Huddleston, T. (BMNH).

Wales: Pontypridd, Pontypridd, 1 female, 25 May 1975, Noyes, J.S. (BMNH).

Recorded from near London by Walker (1835), from Ireland by Vlug (1985), and from the Isle of Man by Buhl and Bennett (2009).

Notes

Published as part of Buhl, Peter N. & Notton, David G., 2009, A revised catalogue of the Platygastridae of the British Isles (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea), pp. 1651-1703 in Journal of Natural History 43 (27 - 28) on page 1683, DOI: 10.1080/00222930902993732, http://zenodo.org/record/5216619

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References

  • Walker F. 1835. On the species of Platygaster & c. Entomol Mag. 3: 216 - 274.
  • Vlug HJ. 1985. The types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Scelionoidea) described by Haliday and Walker and preserved in the National Museum of Ireland and in the British Museum (Natural History). 2. Keys to species, redescriptions, synonymy. Tijdschr Entomol. 127: 179 - 224.
  • Buhl PN, Bennett, FD. 2009. Records of Platygastridae (Hym.: Platygastroidea) from the Isle of Man, with descriptions of three new species. Entomol Rec J Variation. 121: 89 - 99.