Halticoptera crius (Walker)

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2005, A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 1090 (1), pp. 35-49 : 47

Halticoptera crius (Walker)

Miscogaster crius Walker, 1839 , Monographia Chalciditum 1: 201.

Romanian material examined: Valea lui David Natural Reserve (IaŞi county), on steppe vegetation: 2♀♀ 19. V. 1999 (I. Popescu), 1♀ 4. VI. 1999 (I. Popescu), 1♀ 31. VII. 1999 (M.­D. Mitroiu), 1♀ 5. VIII. 1999 (M.­D. Mitroiu), 1♀ 2. X. 1999 (I. Popescu), 1♂ 28. IV. 2000 (M.­D. Mitroiu), 1♂ 14. VIII. 2001 (M.­D. Mitroiu); Breazu (IaŞi county): 2♂♂ 5. VII. 2001 (I. Andriescu); Agigea Natural Reserve (Constanţa county), on steppe vegetation: 1♀ 16. VI. 2004 (O. Popovici); Galbeni (BC): 1♀ 17. VII. 2004 (O. Popovici) .

Romanian references: Andriescu & Mitroiu (2001).

Widely distributed in Europe (see Noyes 2003). In Romania apparently it prefers more xerothermic habitats than H. circulus .