Checklists of the Ceraphronoidea, Cynipoidea, Evanioidea, Stephanoidea and Trigonalyoidea (Hymenoptera) of Canada, Alaska and Greenland

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

2:36 PM – 2:48 PM MST

Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 132 A, PCC

Presenting Author(s)

AB

Andy Bennett

Canadian National Collection of Insects
Manotick, Ontario, Canada

Co-Author(s)

Matthew Buffington

Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS
Washington, District of Columbia
Andrew R. Deans

Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
MF

Mattias Forshage

Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
GM

George Melika

National Food Chain Safety Office
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
IM

István Mikó

Collections Manager
University of New Hampshire
Strafford, New Hampshire

Distributional checklists of five superfamilies of Hymenoptera in Canada, Alaska and Greenland will be summarized. The following are recorded: 54 species of Ceraphronoidea (in 10 genera in 2 families); 196 species of Cynipoidea (in 56 genera in 5 families); 30 species of Evanioidea (in 5 genera in 3 families); 2 species of Stephanoidea (in 2 genera in 1 family) and 4 species of Trigonalyoidea (in 4 genera in 1 family). The checklists include 8 new generic and 48 new species records for Canada. Diversity of species is highest in southeastern Canada (Ontario and Quebec) followed by western Canada (British Columbia). Examples of all families will be shown, interesting new records will be discussed and overall diversity will be compared to other surveys in the Holarctic region.