Charops cantator (DeGeer, 1778)

Vas, Zoltán, 2020, New Species And Records Of Charops Holmgren, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (3), pp. 247-264 : 252

Charops cantator (DeGeer, 1778)

Remarks – This species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic region; however, YU et al. (2012) also list a suspicious single distributional record from South Africa citing DALLA TORRE (1902). However, by checking the cited species entry in DALLA TORRE (1902)’s catalogue, only “Afr.: Cap.” is indicat- ed as distribution of this otherwise Palaearctic species (“Eur.” is not at all mentioned despite Charops cantator (DeGeer, 1778) was described from Sweden); hence, it clearly seems to be an erroneous record of the catalogue. Additionally, to my best knowledge, no other actual Afrotropical record of this species was ever documented with specimen and published. Hence, nothing confirms DALLA TORRE (1902) most probably erroneous entry regarding the occurrence of Charops cantator (DeGeer, 1778) in the Afrotropical region. For these reasons, until further evidence may prove its occurrence, Charops cantator (DeGeer, 1778) is to be rejected from the list of Charops species known from the Afrotropical region.