Trigonoderus pedicellaris Thomson, 1878

László, Zoltán, Kelemen, Tünde-Ilona & Japoshvili, George, 2022, Pteromalidae Of Lagodekhi Protected Areas With The Description Of A New Psilocera Species From Sakartvelo (Georgia), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (1), pp. 53-72 : 61

Trigonoderus pedicellaris Thomson, 1878 *

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Material: GEORGIA – 2 ff, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.852441°N 46.287771°E, alt. 666 m, 5 May–5 Aug. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H1, deposited in MZBBU ; 3 ff, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.855848°N 46.292739°E, alt. 847 m, 25 May–25 July 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H2, deposited in MZBBU ; 4 ff, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.871523°N 46.311585°E, alt. 1351 m, 15 June–14 Sep. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H3, deposited in IEAUG ; 1 f, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.882783°N 46.321886°E, alt. 1841 m, 15–27 Sep. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H4, deposited in MZBBU ; 1 f, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.885674°N 46.324132°E, alt. 1902 m, 15–27 July 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H4-5, deposited in MZBBU .

Biology: probably parasitoid of xylophagous beetles. Usually found in forest floor in oak-hornbeam forests.

Distribution: probably widely distributed in Europe: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, France and Spain ( LÁSZLÓ et al. 2013). Not recorded from the Caucasus or Georgia until now.

Figures

Fig. 3. Lateral view of species belonging to the genus Trigonoderus Westwood, 1832 collected in the Lagodekhi protected areas: a = Trigonoderus cyanescens (Förster, 1841), b = T.