Pteromalus semotus (Walker, 1834)

Tselikh, E. V., Lee, J. & Ku, D-S., 2022, New records of the chalcid wasps of the family Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from South Korea, Far Eastern Entomologist 462, pp. 8-19 : 16

* Pteromalus semotus (Walker, 1834)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. South Korea: GN, Daedong-ri, Mari-myeon, Geochang-gun,

MT, 23.IX–6.X 2021, 1 ♀, coll. Lee Jaehyeon, Jeong Hyojin , ( SMNE).

DISTRIBUTION. Europe, Russia, North Africa, Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Turkmenistan,

Kazakhstan, China, * South Korea, Japan, North America, India, Australasia.

BIOLOGY. Primary parasitoid of coleopterans of the families Anobiidae , Apionidae ,

Chrysomelidae , Curculionidae , hymenopterans of the family Diprionidae and many families of Lepidoptera ; secondary parasitoid of hymenopterans of the families Braconidae and

Ichneumonidae .