Polemochartus Schulz, 1911

Godfray, Charles J. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2024, Annotated Checklist of the European Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae), Zootaxa 5513 (1), pp. 1-73 : 58

Polemochartus Schulz, 1911

Type species: liparae Giraud

POLEMON Giraud, 1863 (type species: liparae Giraud ) (homonym recognised by Schulz (1911))

Literature: Key to Palaearctic species: Papp (1992); Maetô (1983); van Achterberg and Falcó (2001).

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoids of Lipara spp. ( Chloropidae ) galling Phragmites ( Poaceae ). Evidence— Taxapad; records below.

Notes: Has been considered a subgenus of Coelinius (see note under that genus). Six species from the Palaearctic (Taxapad), the largest European Dacnusini .

aboletus Papp, 1992

Literature: Papp (1992); van Achterberg and Falcó (2001); Fischer (2005).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Lipara similis ( Chloropidae ) galling Phragmites australis ( Poaceae ). Evidence — Dely-Draskovits et al. (1993) (7); Dely-Draskovits et al. (1994) (73).

ibericus van Achterberg & Falcó, 2001

Literature: Maetô (1983); van Achterberg and Falcó (2001); Fischer (2005).

Notes: Holotype associated with marshland.

liparae ( Giraud, 1863; Polemon )

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Lipara lucens ( Chloropidae ) galling Phragmites australis ( Poaceae ), occasionally attacking other Lipara spp. on same host plant. Evidence— Giraud (1863); Chvála et al. (1974); Bruyn (1987) (86); Dely-Draskovits et al. (1993) (17); Dely-Draskovits et al. (1994) (177); NMS (9).

DNA Barcode: Yes.

Notes: Oviposition behaviour into host egg described by Mook (1962).

melas ( Giraud, 1863; Polemon )

Hosts: Hypothesis— Parasitoid of Lipara rufitarsis ( Chloropidae ) galling Phragmites australis ( Poaceae ), occasionally attacking other Lipara spp. on same host plant. Evidence— Giraud (1863); Chvála et al. (1974); Bruyn (1987) (38); Dely-Draskovits et al. (1994) (43); NMS (2).

DNA Barcode: Yes.