Lamachus eques ( Hartig, 1838 )

Khalaim, A. I., Ruíz-Cancino, E., Coronado-Blanco, J. M. & Castañeda-Vildуzola, Á., 2019, First record of the genus Lamachus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ctenopelmatinae) from Mexico, with description of two new species, Russian Entomological Journal 28 (2), pp. 169-179 : 175

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.28.2.09
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13164781
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scientific name	Lamachus eques ( Hartig, 1838 )
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Lamachus eques ( Hartig, 1838) View in CoL

Tryphon eques Hartig, 1838: 272 (type lost [ Horstmann, 1986: 331]).

REFERENCES. Finlayson and Reeks, 1936: 164 ( Torocampus ; shipped from Europe, released in Canada (Quebec )); Finlayson and Finlayson, 1958: 561 (shipped from Europe, released in Eastern Canada); Dowden, 1962: 14 (released in USA, Vermont), 28 (released in USA, New Jersey); Carlson, 1979: 597 (catalogue; introduced in Canada and USA).

DISTRIBUTION. Europe; introduced to Canada and Northeastern USA, not established.

BIOLOGY. Parasitoid of various Diprionidae in Europe [see Yu et al., 2016]. Introduced to Eastern Canada and Northeastern USA for the control of the European spruce sawfly Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig) [ Finlayson, Finlayson, 1958; Dowden, 1962] and Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffroy) [ Dowden, 1962].